Both beginning actors and their teachers will welcome this delightfully fresh book. It tells the how, when, what, and why of theatre games for young performers. The basics of pantomime, improvisation, voice control, monologues and dialogues presented in game formats with exercises and work sheets. This exceptional text is a classic, and a must for any theatre library or drama classroom.
The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the Wh…
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The Woeful Second World War presents the dire details of a war that affected almost everyone - from old men joining the Dad's Army to the 12 year olds defending Berlin to the bitter end. Find out who made a meal of maggots, or which soldiers were so smelly their enemies could sniff them out.