Topic: Books and CDs

Posted by : RodDungate on Friday, August 06, 2010 - 09:50 AM

SO YOU WANT TO BE A THEATRE PRODUCER
James Seabright

NHB
Rec Price: 12.99
ISBN: 9 781854 595379

Review: Rod Dungate 06 08 10

(Some useful links appear below.)

An excellent addition to the SO YOU WANT TO BE series

Posted by : RodDungate on Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 10:09 AM

THE RELUCTANT ESCAPOLOGIST: Mike Bradwell
Nick Hern Books: 9 781854 595386
Pub: 2010

Review: Rod Dungate, 29 07 10

Detailed, witty, a first-hand experience account of long involvement in alternative theatre

Posted by : RodDungate on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 10:22 AM

STAGE MANAGEMENT: Gail Pallin
Nick Hern Books (New Edition)
Recommended Price: 14.99
ISBN: 9 781848 420144
Review: Rod Dungate, 23 June 2010

Simple, Marvellous, Simply marvellous.

Posted by : RodDungate on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 05:42 PM

NOTES ON DIRECTING: Frank Hauser, Russell Reich
Published: Methuen Drama, in the UK, February 2010
RRP: 9.99 gbp
ISBN: 9 781408 125205
Review: Rod Elongate, 5 April 2010
Here's a link to methun: www.acblack.com/drama/Books/details.aspx?isbn=9781408125205&title=+Notes+on+Directing

I’ve just read it and I’m grinning with pleasure.

Posted by : RodDungate on Friday, April 02, 2010 - 06:04 PM

SO YOU WANT TO GO TO DRAMA SCHOOL? Helen Freeman
Nick Hern Books
ISBN: 9 781848 420168
Published: 2010
(Part of the So You Want To . . . series.)
RRP 9.99 gbp

Review: Rod Dungate 02 04 10

So here’s a neat little book.

Posted by : RodDungate on Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 04:33 PM

TALKING THEATRE: Interviews with Theatre People, Richard Eyre
Nick Hern Books
Recommended Price 20.00

Review: Rod Dungate, 27.12.09

Like Dr Who’s Tardis - bigger on the inside than on the outside.

Posted by : RodDungate on Monday, October 12, 2009 - 09:57 AM

SECRETS FROM THE CASTING COUCH
Camera Strategies for Actors from a Casting Director
Nancy Bishop
Methuen Drama: 2009: http://www.methuendrama.com/
ISBN: 9 781408 113271

(A link to the book on Amazon is below).

Every actor who want to work on screen needs to read this.

Posted by : RodDungate on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 11:09 AM

IMPROVISATION IN REHEARSAL
John Aboott
Nick Hern Books
Info on the book at NHB:
http://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/index.cfm?nid=home&isbn=9781854595232&sr
ISBN: 978 1 85459 523 2
Cover Price: 10.99
Review: Rod Dungate 25.09.09

Clear, precise, tightly focused and a mine of good practice.

Posted by : RodDungate on Sunday, September 06, 2009 - 01:01 PM

HOW PLAYS WORK: David Edgar
Nick Hern Books
RRP: 10.99
Review: Rod Dungate, 6 September 2009

Intriguing and extremely informative.

Here’s a link to the NHB website, a link to the book on Amazon is attached at the end of the review.
www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/

Posted by : RodDungate on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 12:31 PM

SHAKESPEARE MONOLOGUES FOR MEN
SHAKESPEARE MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN
Nick Hern Books
RRP: 8.99 each
ISBN: 9781848420052 / 9781848420078
Review: Rod Dungate 17 August, 2009

For info and purchase: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

A duo of dual purpose books.

Posted by : RodDungate on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 05:33 PM

Noel Coward: In His Own Words
Methuen Drama
ISBN: 9 781408 107584
RRP 7.99 (Paperback)

Review: Rod Dungate, 28 07 09
Info: www.acblack.com

(A link to the book on Amazon is below).


A great pleasure to read.

Posted by : RodDungate on Friday, July 03, 2009 - 10:38 AM

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INSIDE STORY: THE POWER OF THE TRANFORMATIONAL ARC: Dara Marks

ISBN: 978-1-4081-0942-7

Review: Ian Spiby, 2 July 2009
RRP: 14.99.

(A link to Amazon to the book is below)

A fascinating exploration of the art of writing film scripts.

Posted by : RodDungate on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 03:58 PM

BESIDE MYSELF: AN ACTOR’S LIFE, Antony Sher
Nick Hern Books - Reprint of 2001 book, with additional notes
ISBN: 9781848420359
A link to buy the book is below.

A man with an existential headache.

Posted by : RodDungate on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 07:42 PM

Methuen Books: both RRP 19.99.
(Make-up) ISBN: 9 781408 110430.
(Hairstyles) ISBN: 9 781408 109885.

All you need to know from Prehistoric Man to Bollywood and Grunge.

Links to the books on Amazon are below - sorry no images.

Posted by : RodDungate on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 11:04 AM

DRAMA GAMES: Jessica Swale.
NHB: Nick Hern Books.
RRP 8.99 gbp.
Review: Rod Dungate 24 April 2009

Simple, amazing, how do you live without it?.

(A link to the book follows the review.)

Posted by : RodDungate on Monday, January 05, 2009 - 01:14 PM

PRIESTLEY’S WARS: Edited by Neil Hanson.
Great Northern Books.
RRP: 18.99

No doubt about it - this is a great book about a great writer and thinker.

Posted by : RodDungate on Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 04:40 PM

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STAGE DIRECTIONS - Michael Frayn writing on theatre 1970 - 2008.
faber and faber, hardback: RRP 20 gbp.
ISBN: 9 780571 240555.
Review: Rod Dungate, 26 October 2008.

Stuffed full of valuable insights.

Posted by : RodDungate on Wednesday, October 08, 2008 - 10:44 AM

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About Churchill: the playwright and the work by Phillip Roberts.
Published by Faber.
ISBN: 978-0-571-22962-8.
Review: Ben Whitehouse, 8 October 2008.

(A link to the book on Amazon follows).

Accessible and multi-faceted.

Posted by : bryce54 on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 08:15 AM

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Posted by : RodDungate on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 08:05 PM

KENNETH TYNAN: Theatre Writings Selected and Edited by Dominic Shellard.
First Paperback Version published in the UK by NICK HERN BOOKS, 2008.
Foreword by Tom Stoppard.
ISBN: 978 1 85459 543 0
RRP: 9.99.

Review: Kim Durham, 8 September 2008.

A link to the book on Amazon is below:

Razor-sharp observations of the post-war British theatre scene.

Posted by : RodDungate on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 07:49 PM

Book.
TACKLING TEXT [AND SUBTEXT]; A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE FOR ACTORS.
Barbara Houseman.
Pub: Nick Hern Books.
ISBN: 978-1-85459-799-1.

Review: Ian Spiby, 24 September 2008.
RRP: 12.99.

(A link to Amazon to the book is below.)


An eminently practical manual on the art of acting.

Posted by : RodDungate on Monday, September 08, 2008 - 10:01 PM

STAGE LIGHTING DESIGN: THE ART, THE CRAFT, THE LIFE: Richard Pilbrow.
First Paperback Version published in the UK by NICK HERN BOOKS, 2008.
ISBN: 978 185459 996 4.
RRP: 19.99.

Review: Rod Dungate, 8 September 2008.
A link to the book on Amazon is at the end of the review.

A comprehensive, readable and inspiring book.

Posted by : RodDungate on Friday, September 05, 2008 - 05:05 PM

HANDBOOK OF ACTING TECHNIQUES: Edited by Arthur Bartow.
Paperback Publication by Nick Hern Books. ISBN: 978 1 85459 542 3
RRP: 12.99p.
Review: Rod Dungate, 5 September 2008.

A link to the book on Amazon appears below.

A must for the shelf of anyone seriously interested in acting.

Posted by : RodDungate on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 04:30 PM

WRITING DIALOGUE FOR SCRIPTS: Rib Davis.
Methuen drama: RRP 12.99.
ISBN: 9 781408 101346.
Review: Rod Dungate, 12 August 2008.

Invaluable book for scriptwriting students.

Posted by : RodDungate on Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 09:13 PM

Book.
DIFFERENT EVERY NIGHT: FREEING THE ACTOR: Mike Alfreds.
Pub: Nick Hern Books.
ISBN: 978-1-85459-967-4.

Review: Ian Spiby, 9 January 2008.
RRP: 14.99.

(A link to Amazon to the book is below).

A friendly and accessible guide to acting and directing

Posted by : RodDungate on Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 09:14 PM

SO YOU WANT TO BE A PLAYWRIGHT?: Tim Fountain.
Nick Hern Books.
Pub: 2007 ISBN: 978 1 85459 716 8.
RRP: 9.99p.

(A link to the book on Amazon is attached below.)

An easy read, a valuable read.

Posted by : RodDungate on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 08:12 PM

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AT THE SHARP END: Peter Billingham.
Pub. Methuen Drama
ISBN: 978-0-7136-8507-7.

Review: Ian Spiby, 25 November 2007.
RRP: 16.99.

(A link to Amazon to the book is below)

A user-friendly guide to cutting edge British drama: ‘Is our contemporary theatre at the sharp end?’. This book provides and answer.

Posted by : RodDungate on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 10:04 PM

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VOICE AND SPEECH IN THE THEATRE: J.Clifford Turner.
Sixth edition: 2006. Edited by Jane Boston.
ISBN : 978-0-7136-8188-8.

Review: Annette Engelbrecht, September 2007.
(A link to Amazon for the book follows the review.)

Friendly, detailed, a must.

Posted by : RodDungate on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 09:47 PM

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THE IMPROVISATION BOOK: John Abbott.
Pub: Nick Hern Books.
ISBN: 978-1-85459-961-2.

Review: Ian Spiby, 30 September 2007.
RRP: 10.99.

(A link to Amazon to the book is below).

An excellent, practical, hands-on guide to teaching improvisation.

Posted by : RodDungate on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 10:49 AM

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THE WORST IT CAN BE IS A DISASTER: Braham Murray.
Pub: Methuen Drama.
ISBN: 978-0-7136-8490-2.

Review: Rod Dungate, 25 September 2007.
RRP: 16.99

(A link to Amazon to the book is below)

A detailed, painful, honest account of a life dedicated to creating theatre.