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You Can Act - Anyone Can

Propelled by the premise that “There really is not anyone who wants to act, who can’t,” the indefatigable Sigmund Stoler has put together a remarkable introduction to acting for secondary school students and adults.

Each of the first twelve chapters in this book is filled with base-line resource material, exercises and an inherent wit that makes learning about acting and the craft itself a pleasure. The thirteenth chapter contains six scenes for acting practice. These scenes emphasize contemporary plays and include monologues. Following each of the selections are follow-up questions to assure that the actor fully understands the content of the scene and the nuances of his/her craft.

Contents:
• Getting Started • Senses Are Used • Characterization • The Next Step—The Try Out • Memorization • Costumes, Scenery and Lighting • Style • Pace is Important • A Historical Overview of the Types of Theater • Radio Acting • Television Acting • Types of Stages • Scenes for Acting Practice • Glossary

You Can Act—Anyone Can! is a wonderful first book for all want-to-be actors and their teachers. It should be in the hands of English teachers and acting coaches and on the shelves of all secondary school libraries in the resource section.

Scenes for Acting Practice

Here is a collection of great theatrical scenes for students to bring to life, a wonderful variety of play cuttings representing historical periods from Shakespeare’s time to the present. The scenes written by great play writers of the past are balanced with present day scenes, farces, satires and monologues to give the actor the opportunity to interpret both the old and the new, to act out different characters, analyze them, become them in practice, and to learn about human nature.

Each scene within itself provides an explanation of what is happening. To help with interpretation and staging, pertinent questions have been placed at the end of each scene in section called “Decisions.”

The Cuttings are from: “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” by Oscar Wilde; “Charlie’s Aunt,” by Brandon Thomas; “A Doll’s House,” by Henrik Ibsen; “Romeo and Juliet,” by William Shakespeare; “Macbeth,” by William Shakespeare; “Candida,” by Bernard Shaw; “The Cherry Orchard,” by Anton Chekov; “Rehearsal,” by Margraret P. Browne and “Scandal In Bohemia,” by A. Conan Doyle.

Monologues are from: “The Pirates of Penzance,” “The Mikado,” “Patience,” “Ruddigore,” and those from the pen of Sigmund Stoler: “Life Is Not Always Easy,” “Being Responsible,” “Democracy Works Anywhere,” “I’ll Get Lost,” “End of the Rainbow,” “The Arrangement,” and “Skeeter Dan.”

This book concludes with a Glossary of Actor’s Terms.

TV Scenes for Acting

Selected Short Scenes from “The Golden Age” of TV Drama
Foreword by Cliff Robertson, actor, journalist

Twenty-six scenes of top-notch suspense and character portrayal are gathered in one book to give ninth graders and up the opportunity to do lines originally played by famous stars. The collection provides a wide variety of age levels and character types. There are scenes for all women casts, two character scenes, and scenes which are complete short plays. Each scene is structured to TV production.

Here is the perfect collection for a junior or senior high school’s English Play Unit or Drama Club production. There are original, short, TV scenes from the 1950’s and 1960’s series: “The Web,” “Grand Central Station,” “Appointment With Life,” and “Stars Over Hollywood.”

English teachers and drama coaches will find these scenes wonderful for developing acting skills, playwriting ability and TV production knowledge and exposure.

Each scene is presented in its original entirety. The introductory Cast of Characters contains characterization synopsis, and script lines are numbered on each page for ease of reference.