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Books : Actor's Guide to Getting Workby: Simon Dunmore
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 Rating:  - 'wonderfulThis book was extremely helpful and I found it upbeat, simple and informative. I have since bought Aimon's Shakepseare Monologue books and found those very good too. Rating: - ValuablePedantic, truthful and helpful. Simon Dunmore gives advice from his opinion and from his 30 years of experience. Some of it is very useful, and points out things that you may not have thought of. It covers every aspect and yes, is very pedantic -some find this annoying, others find it helpful. A worthwhile read if you want to become/are training as an actor but interpret the advice in your own way. Don't follow it to the letter, but use it where you feel fits for ... Read More Rating:  - An Outlook So Bleak?In the opening preface to 'An Actor's Guide To Getting Work', Simon Dunmore tells us of one frequently observed point of contention in his book; namely that: "Directors do not seem to come out of this terribly well." A criticism the author was prudent to reject as, conversely, it becomes clear immediately that it is the actor, rather than the director, who is presented in the worst possible light in Dunmore's book. Apparently, we are forever making feeble, and invariably "annoying" ... Read More Rating: - An invaluable guide to getting acting workAs an actor who has recently graduated from drama school, I have read several books on the acting profession, but nothing beats Simon Dunmore's 'An Actor's Guide to Getting Work' for practical 'no-nonsense' advice. It is the most useful guide to getting work that I have read. For me, the ideal person to offer an actor advice on the pitfalls to avoid is somebody who has read countless piles of actors' C.V.s and spent long days auditioning actors, as opposed to an academic or actor who has 'made ... Read More Rating:  - Not sure it was worth Buying!A basic starting point for anyone considering taking up acting as a career, although if you can borrow it from the library so much the better as only a couple of sentences are worth reading. I do feel the entire tone of the book is rather patronising and Dunmore comes across as is some kind of superior being. I thought Dunmore would be encouraging people embarking on this career but I am afraid not. The other major problem is that he contridicts himself far too much, he will tell ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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