Style: Acting in High Comedy (Applause Acting Series)
Book Summary Information
Composer: Maria AitkenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-02-01
ISBN: 1557832145
Number of pages: 158
Publisher: Applause Books
Book Reviews of Style: Acting in High Comedy (Applause Acting Series)
Book Review: The Keys to Comedy!
Summary: 5 Stars
If anyone is wondering about Maria Aiken's comedic genius, just watch A Fish Called Wanda again (she plays the wife). Her acting career on stage is legendary, and she has directed in the style of High Comedy all over the place, and to great renown. Read this book and you will know why. Based on her teaching experience (which includes The Juilliard School among many illustrious others), this book is a useful guide to the skills that will put a High degree of polish on your verbal stage comedy pyrotechnics, from Shakespeare to Coward. It should be on every working stage actor's shelf. It is on the reading list for the course that I teach in Shakespearean acting at Princeton. I have been known to hand copies to cast members here in NYC as well! Read it and weep... with laughter!
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