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So You Want To Be An Actor?
Paperback, 160 pages ISBN: 9781854598790Publication Date:
8 Sep 2005
Size: 214mm x 109mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
Ebook, 160 pages ISBN: 9781780010601Publication Date:
15 Oct 2014
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)

So You Want To Be An Actor?

By Timothy West and Prunella Scales

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A handbook for aspiring actors by two of the best-known names in British theatre and television.

So You Want To Be An Actor? by Timothy West and Prunella Scales offers practical advice and do's and don'ts to anyone thinking of taking up acting. The authors are passionate about actor training, know the profession inside out and have more than a hundred years' experience between them...

Writing alternately throughout the book - and sometimes offering radically different opinions - they cover over sixty topics including:

* Drama school
* Auditions and interviews
* Agents
* Financial Security
* Learning the lines
* Working in television/radio
* Touring
* Media attention

Charmingly informal but full of sound advice, So You Want To Be An Actor? is essential reading for anyone with their eye on a career in acting.

Press Quotes

'One of the most valuable books for young and aspiring actors that I have read in recent years... a book to keep with you from debut to death'

Rogues and Vagabonds Theatre Website
Paperback,160 pages ISBN: 9781854598790Publication Date:
8 Sep 2005
Size: 214mm x 109mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
Ebook,160 pages ISBN: 9781780010601Publication Date:
15 Oct 2014
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)

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