Reviews Archive Part 2
BECOMING AN ACTOR: Book
BECOMING AN ACTOR Thomasina Unsworth
NHB, Pub 2012 (www.nickhernbooks.co.uk
ISBN: 978 84842 156 1
Rec Price: 10.99
Review: Alexander Ray Edser
Invaluable for Drama students present and future, and much for everyone else.
AN ATTITUDE FOR ACTING: book
AN ATTITUDE FOR ACTING (How to Survive and Thrive as an Actor)
Andrew Tidmarsh: Dr Tara Swart
Nick Hern Books
First published 2011: RRP 12.99
Review: Rod Dungate, 16 September 2011
There’s not an actor who wouldn’t find this useful.
SO YOU WANT TO GO TO DRAMA SCHOOL? Nick Hern Books
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.
THE GOLDEN RULES OF ACTING Nick Hern Books
THE GOLDEN RULES OF ACTING that nobody ever tells you: Andy Nyman
NHB: pub 2012
Info: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk
Rec Price: 5.99
ISBN: 9 781848 422537
Review: Alexander Ray, 01 09 12
A complete joy, unique, a book for all seasons.
SHAKESPEARE'S LOST PLAY: IN SEARCH OF CARDENIO - Book
SHAKESPEARE’S LOST PLAY: IN SEARCH OF CARDENIO
Gregory Doran
NHB
ISBN: 9 781848 422087
Review: Rod Dungate 11 01 12
Magical mystery tour.
THEATRE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Mike Bradwell's THE RELUCTANT ESCAPOLOGIST: ADVENTURES IN ALTERNATIVE THEATRE, has won the Theatre Book of the Year, it was announced yesterday. When we reviewed it, we said: ‘Detailed, witty, a first-hand experience account of long involvement in alternative theatre.’
Receiving the award, Bradwell, characteristically remarked: ‘Theatre is too important to be left to the grown-ups.’ And he concluded, even more characteristically: ‘So please, be sure not to grow up.’
Link to the ReviewsGate review: http://www.reviewsgate.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5195.
Rod Dungate
KEN CAMPBELL: THE GREAT CAPER. Nick Hern Books
Ken Campbell: The Great Caper
Michael Coveney
Nick Hern Books
Pub: 2011
ISBN: 9 781848 420762
Recommended Price: 14.99
Review: Rod Dungate
A great read about a unique man
TALKING THEATRE; Book
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.
SO YOU WANT TO DO A SOLO SHOW - Book
SO YOU WANT TO DO A SOLO SHOW? Gareth Armstrong
Nick Hern Books
Published: 2011, ISBN 978 1 84842 084 7
Part of the ‘So You Want To’ series – see www.nickhernbooks.co.uk
Review: Rod Dungate 24 10 11
What a handy little book this is!
SO YOU WANT TO BE A PRODUCER - Nick Hern Books
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
HOW MUSICALS WORK N H Books
HOW MUSICALS WORK (and how you can write your own): Julian Woolford
Nick Hern Books
www.nickhernbooks.co.uk
Pub: 2012
Rec Price: £12.99
Review: Alexander Ray, 30 08 12
Informative in its theory, practical in its information. A seminal examination.
SWEET WILLIAM Nick Hern Books
SWEET WILLIAM (TWENTY THOUSAND HOURS WITH SHAKESPEARE):
Michael Pennington
Nick Hern Books
ISBN: 9 781854 595683
Shakespeare’s in Pennington's blood as well as his brain.
LUCKY BREAK: Esther Freud - novel pub 04 04 11
LUCKY BREAK: Esther Freud
Pub: Bloomsbury, 04 04 11
RRP: 11.99 gbp
Review: Rod Dungate 07 04 11
(A link to the book on Amazon is below.)
A tale of drama, with humour and a welcome lack of gloss.
THE ACTING BOOK: NHB
THE ACTING BOOK: John Abbott
NHB, Nick Hern Books
Pub: Aug 2012
ISBN: 9 781848 421448
Review: Alexander Ray, 10 09 12
If you’re involved in acting, you can’t afford to be without this book.
STAGE MANAGEMENT: Gail Pallin
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.
THE QUALITY OF MERCY: Peter Brook's reflections on Shakespeare
THE QUALITY OF MERCY: Reflections on Shakespeare. Peter Brook
Nick Hern Books
ISBN: 978 1 84842 261 2
Review: Alexander Ray Edser
A book you’ll not get tired of.
THE RELUCTANT ESCAPOLOGIST: Mike Bradwell
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
Notes on Directing - Methuen Drama
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.
WORDS INTO ACTION: William Gaskill, Nick Hern Books
WORDS INTO ACTION: William Gaskill
Nick Hern Books
ISBN: 9 781848 421004
Review: Rod Dungate 22.10.10
Opens so many doors to discovering the power of words
SHAKESPEARE ON THEATRE. Nick Hern Books
SHAKESPEARE ON THEATRE: On Theatre Series
Ed: Nick de Somogyi
Nick Hern Books
Pub: 2012. ISBN: 978 1 84842 079
Cover price: 10.99
www.nickhernbooks.co.uk
Review: Rod Dungate, 06 06 12
It’s size is bigger than the sum of its parts.