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Singing and the Actor

How the Voice Works How do I make the notes? My voice won’t come out at auditions But I thought I wasn’t supposed to feel anything! What exactly is support? Training your voice Developing the three octave siren The nasal port Dynamic control and projection Tuning the oral resonator Twang, the singer’s formant Working the …

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The Revenger’s Tragedy

Introduction About the Play Date and Authorship Summary of the Plot The Play The Double Nature of the World and the Play Death and Mockery The State Assassination Cruelty Women Sources The Play on the Stage The Play in the Original Globe Theatre The Play on the Modern Stage A Note on the Text Further …

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Shakespearian Costume for Stage and Screen

General Introduction Analysis 1560-1620 Men Women Varia Military Bibliography and Iconography On the ‘nice conduct’ of period costume The Plays The Histories The Tragedies The Comedies On available sources and their selection Odds and ends

Shakespearian Costume for Stage and Screen

Preface General introduction Men’s clothes, 1570-1620 Women’s clothes, 1570-1620 (i) Foreign characteristics  (ii) Armour On the ‘nice conduct’ of period costume The Plays The Histories The Tragedies The Comedies On available sources and their selection Odds and ends Bibliography

The Ultimate Teen Book Guide

Introduction  David Almond Book recommendations Special features Fantasy   Catharine Fisher Pink Lit   Cathy Hopkins Detective Stories  K. K. Beck Graphic Novels  Mal Peet Love, Sex and Relationships   Catherine Robinson Off the Rails   Kevin Brooks Science Fiction   Andrew Norriss Cult Books   William Sutcliffe Coming of Age   Matt Whyman Historical Fiction   Nicola Morgan Horror and Ghost Stories   …

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