Music Library Video Collection

Instruction: Acting and Theater Titles  (Choose Another Genre [1])

Acting in Film: Michael Caine
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Call Number: VCR 93- 20
Description: Techniques for acting in motion pictures
Keywords: Motion Picture Acting

Auditions and Insights with Terrence Mann
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Call Number: VCR 90- 7
Description: Workshop on acting and auditions
Keywords: Acting; Auditioning

Basic Stage Combat
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Call Number: VCR 2003- 79
Description: Proper techniques for teaching and performing stage combat; Oversize
Keywords: Stage Combat

Behind the Scenes at the RSC: Players, Costumes and Makeup
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Call Number: VCR 2003- 94
Description: Master costumers and makeup artists demonstrate their crafts
Keywords: Costumes, Makeup

Behind the Scenes at the RSC: Stage, Set Design and Construction
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Call Number: VCR 2003- 75
Description: Process of set design for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Keywords: Staging and Set Design

Bertolt Brecht: Practice Pieces
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Call Number: VCR 2003- 14
Description: Brecht wrote scenes for plays to train actors in classical drama
Keywords: Classical Drama

Brian Cox on Acting in Tragedy
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Call Number: VCR 93- 21
Description: Techniques for acting in tragedies
Keywords: Tragedy techniques

Costume Design
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Call Number: VCR 2003- 74
Description: Interviews explaining the costume design process
Keywords: Costumes and Costume Design

Exploring a Character
Series Title: Playing Shakespeare
Call Number: DVD 2006-242 v.10
Description: Demonstrates how Shakespeare develops a character and the multiplicity of ways in which his characters can be understood
Keywords: Shakespeare

Fashion for the Theatre
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Call Number: VCR 2003-145
Description: Analyze a play; research costume; history of fashion; create costume; two copies
Keywords: Costume Design

Irony and Ambiguity
Series Title: Playing Shakespeare
Call Number: DVD 2006-242 v.7
Description: Understanding the intended irony in a dramatic text
Keywords: Shakespeare

Janet Suzman
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Call Number: VCR 93- 19
Description: Techniques for Shakespearean comedies; two copies
Keywords: Shakespeare

Kabuki Acting Techniques
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Call Number: VCR 93- 18
Description: In two parts (tapes)
Keywords: Asian theater

Language and Character
Series Title: Playing Shakespeare
Call Number: DVD 2006-242 v.5
Description: How Shakespeare uses language to define character
Keywords: Shakespeare

Maria Aitken
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Call Number: VCR 93- 17
Description: Techniques for comedy acting; two copies
Keywords: Comedy techniques

Passion and Coolness
Series Title: Playing Shakespeare
Call Number: DVD 2006-242 v.8
Description: How to achieve balance in a Shakespearean character, who may have deliberate and striking inconsistencies
Keywords: Shakespeare

Passion and Coolness
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Call Number: VCR 2003- 17
Description: Royal Shakespeare Company explores psychology of Shakespeare's plays
Keywords: Shakespeare

Performing Shakespeare
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Call Number: VCR 2000- 65
Description: Techniques for the performance of Shakespearean drama
Keywords: Shakespeare

Playing Period
Series Title: Playing Period
Call Number: VCR 2003- 63
Description: Basics of movement and manners in historical plays; 5 parts (discs)
Keywords: Period Acting; Costumes

Playing Shakespeare: Language and Character
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Call Number: VCR 2003- 58
Description: Shakespeare's use of language to define his characters
Keywords: Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare: Two Traditions
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Call Number: VCR 2003- 57
Description: Discussion, dramatization of Shakespeare's use of language, meter, verse
Keywords: Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare: Using the Verse
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Call Number: VCR 2003- 59
Description: Discussion and dramatization of Shakespeare?s use of blank verse
Keywords: Shakespeare

Poetry and Hidden Poetry
Series Title: Playing Shakespeare
Call Number: DVD 2006-242 v.11
Description: How Shakespeare used poetry to heighten the dramatic effect
Keywords: Shakespeare

Preparing to Perform Shakespeare
Series Title: Playing Shakespeare
Call Number: DVD 2006-242 v.2
Description: The thoughts and ideas that run through an actor's mind as he prepares for a major scene
Keywords: Shakespeare

Rehearsing the Text
Series Title: Playing Shakespeare
Call Number: DVD 2006-242 v.9
Description: Shows how richly a careful reading of Shakespeare in rehearsals is repaid
Keywords: Shakespeare

Roman Comedy
Series Title: Theatre, the Search for Style
Call Number: VCR 2004-236
Description: Compares works by Plautus and Shakespeare to show how Roman comedy inspired later playwrights
Keywords: Ancient Rome: drama and comedy

Set Speeches and Soliloquies
Series Title: Playing Shakespeare
Call Number: DVD 2006-242 v.6
Description: Rules governing the soliloquy, and the difficulties and purpose of set speeches and soliloquies
Keywords: Shakespeare

Simon Callow on Acting in Restoration Comedy
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Call Number: VCR 93- 38
Description: Techniques for acting in restoration comedy
Keywords: Restoration Comedy

Speaking Shakespearean Verse
Series Title: Playing Shakespeare
Call Number: DVD 2006-242 v.1
Description: How to speak verse in drama
Keywords: Shakespeare

Staging Classical Comedy
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Call Number: VCR 2001- 48
Description: "Miles Gloriousus" staged as it might have been in ancient Greece
Keywords: Theater; Greek Drama

Two Traditions
Series Title: Playing Shakespeare
Call Number: DVD 2006-242 v.3
Description: How to understand Shakespeare's texts in terms of modern naturalistic expectations
Keywords: Shakespeare

Using the Verse
Series Title: Playing Shakespeare
Call Number: DVD 2006-242 v.4
Description: What is blank verse and how should it be read?
Keywords: Shakespeare

Voice Work for the Actor
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Call Number: VCR 2003- 30
Description: A comprehensive vocal and physical warm-up routine for the actor
Keywords: Voice care and hygiene