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Reading List
Title Author Publisher Year
MA1 - ACTING
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Acting Skills
Different Every Night Alfreds, Mike Nick Hern Books 2007
There Are No Secrets Brook, Peter Nick Hern 2013 Sanford Meisner On Acting Meisner,S & Longwell,D Vintage 1987 The Viewpoints Book Bogart, Anne and Landau, Tina Nick Hern Books 2014
A Practical Handbook For The Actor Bruder, M et al Vintage 1986
Actions – the Actor’s Thesaurus Caldarone, Marina Nick Hern 2004 The Presence of the Actor Chaikin, Joseph TCG, New York 1991 The Actor and the Target Donnellan, Declan Nick Hern 2002 The Actor’s Art and Craft Esper, Williams & Anchor 2008
DiMarco, Damon A Peopled Labyrinth Fettes, Christoper GFCA 2015 Acting on Impulse Gillet, John Methuen 2007 Respect for Acting Hagen, Uta Methuen 1981 Actor Training Hodge, Alison Routledge 2010 Tackling Text Houseman, Barbara Nick Hern 2013 Embodied Acting Kemp, R Routledge 2012 True and False Mamet, David Random 1997 House
The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit Merlin, B Nick Hern Books 2007
The Outstanding Actor Rea, Ken Bloomsbury 2015
Presence Rodenburg, Patsy Penguin 2009
An Actor’s Work Stanislavski, K. / Benedetti, J. Routledge 2008
Screen Acting
The Energetic Performer: An Integrated Approach to Acting for Stage and Screen Brennan, Amanda Nick Hern 2014
Acting in Film Radioactive Duologues for Radio, Stage and Screen Michael Caine Applause 1997 Calderone, Marina & Le Conte, Marilyn Methuen 2006
A Screen Acting Workshop Churcher, Mel Nick Hern 2014 Acting for Film: Truth 24 Times a Second Churcher, Mel Virgin 2003 The Actor and the Camera Denis Lawson Nick Hern 2014
Rehearsal Projects
Reading Shakespeare’s Dramatic Language Adamson, S (ed) Arden 2001 Playing Shakespeare Barton, John Methuen 1984
Speaking the Speech Block, Giles Nick Hern 2013 Dictionary of Shakespeare Boyce, C Wordsworth 1990 The Actor and his Text Berry, Cicely Harrap 1987 Richard II in New York Berkoff, Steven Oberon 1999 Shakespeare Burgess, Anthony Vintage 1996 Shakespeare on Toast Crystal, Ben Icon 2009 Shakespeare’s Advice to the Players Hall, Peter Oberon 2014 Speaking Shakespeare Rodenburg, Patsy Methuen 2002 Year of the King Sher, Antony Methuen 1985 A Shakespeare Glossary Onions, C.T. OUP 1986 Then What Happens? Storytelling and Adapting for the Theatre Alfreds, Mike Nick Hern 2015
MA2: MOVEMENT
Actor Movement
The Viewpoints Book Bogart, Anne and Landau, Tina Nick Hern 2014
The Energetic Performer Brennan, Amanda Singing Dragon 2016
To The Actor Chekhov, Michael Various 1953+
The Articulate Body Embodied Acting The Body Speaks Laban For All The Invisible Actor Dennis, Anne Nick Hern 1995 Kemp, R Routledge 2012 Marshall, Lorna Methuen 2008 Newlove, J. & Dalby, J. Nick Hern 2003 Oida, Y. & Marshall, L. Methuen 1997
The Moving Body
Lecoq, Jacques Methuen 2017 Vsevolod Meyerhold Pitches, J Routledge 2003 How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live Vineyard, Missey Nation 2007 An Acrobat of the Heart Wangh, Stephen Vintage 2000
Intimacy & Stage Combat
The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe Anglo, S Yale 2000 By the Sword Cohen, R Pan 2003 History and Art of Personal Combat Wise, A Evelyn 1971
Clown
Theatre Games Barker, Clive Faber 1998 The Clown In You Dream, C Alejandro 2014
Gonzalez
Serious Play: Modern Clown Performance Peacock, L. Routledge 2011
Theatre Games for the Lone Actor Spolin, Viola Northwestern Univ. Press 2001
Why Is That So Funny Wright, J Nick Hern 2006
MA3: EXPRESSIVE VOICE
Voice and the Actor
Berry, Cicely Virgin 1999 The Actor and the Text Berry, Cicely Virgin 1993 Text in Action Berry, Cicely Virgin 2001 Care of the Professional Voice Garfield Davies, D Heinemann 1998 Tackling Text Houseman, Barbara Nick Hern 2008 Finding Your Voice Houseman, Barbara Nick Hern 2002 Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice Linklater, Kristin Theatre Group NY 1992
Voice and Speech in the Theatre Turner, C Methuen 2007
The Actor Speaks Rodenburg, Patsy Methuen 1997
The Right to Speak
Rodenburg, Patsy Methuen 1992 Speaking Shakespeare Rodenburg, Patsy Methuen 2005 Classic Voice Weate, C Oberon 2009
Accent
Access Accents: Received Pronunciation Dyer, P Methuen (CD) 2007 How to do Accents Haydn-Rowles, J and Oberon 2007
Sharpe, E
English Phonetics and Phonology Roach, Peter Cambridge 2005
Singing
Acting Through Song Harvard, Paul Nick Hern 2013 Singing Professionally: Studying Singing for Actors and Singers Hong-Young, A. ButterworthHeinemann 1985 Singing and the Actor Kayes, Gillian Routledge 2002 Successful Singing Auditions Kayes, Gillian A&C Black 2002
MA4: REFLECTION
Arguments for a Theatre Barker, Howard Manchester University 1993
Ways of Seeing
Berger, John Penguin 1972 The Shifting Point Brook, Peter Methuen 1988 Towards a Poor Theatre Grotowski, Jerzy Methuen 1969 Actor Training Hodge, Alison Routledge 2010 True and False Mamet, David Penguin 1987 Year of the King Sher, Anthony Methuen 1985
MA5: PERFORMANCE
Scripts and Reading for this module will be determined by your directors for each unit
MA6: PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT SKILLS
Auditioning for Film and Television Bishop, Nancy Performance 2015 Successful Presentation Skills Bradbury, A.J. Kogan Page 2006 Acting Professionally Cohen, R. & Calleri, J. Palgrave 2017 The Monologue Audition Kolhaas, Karen Limelight 2005
The Outstanding Actor Rea, Ken Bloomsbury 2015
How to be Successful by Being Yourself Taylor, David John Murray Learning 2017
