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The Art of Coarse Acting, or, How to Wreck an Amateur Dramatic Society
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simply the best
Review date: 2010-03-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
this is the original and best . greens ability to capture the horror of getting up on a stage, ill - prepared, under-rehearsed, and with assorted technical catastrophes just waiting to throw you off line (and lines) , is a work of genius. forget stansilavsky - for anyone thinking of taking up acting, either professionally or for fun, this is the real deal. hilarious .
Indispensible!
Review date: 2006-03-12 Rating: 8 out of 10
As a long-time amateur actor, I can also verify the accuracy of Michael Green's excellent observations on this quintessentially English pastime beloved of eccentrics for generations. His characters "Askew" and "Watkins" speak for the experience of many throughout our land, both of the humour and enjoyment of acting and indeed the indispensibility of this distilled experience. A joy to read, and hopefully a fine advert for the many and varied pleasures of amateur dramatics, though I must admit to being disappointed that the author failed to discuss the potential traumas of acting naked (briefly), as I was forced to do during a production of Ray Cooney's Out of Order!
It's all true!
Review date: 2004-02-17 Rating: 10 out of 10
Anyone, anywhere, who has ever taken part in amateur dramatics will know that Michael Green is not exaggerating when he claims that every incident recorded in this book has really happened - and more! As for actors writing the words on the inside of their shields, I recall Dame Gwynyth Jones having the words of "Rule Britannia written on the inside of hers during a "Last Night of the Proms" some years ago! Far from exaggerating, Mr Green has understated the case. My own favourite amateur dramatic incident is a school play in which I was SM and the lighting engineer tried to run eight 1,000 watt lamps from one 13 amp socket - with predictable results!
Another lighting engineer managed, every night of the five-night run, to leave the stage crew changing the whole set in complete darkness behind the curtain, lighting it up just as we finished!
It was in "Hobson's Choice" that we had a doctor who knew everyone's lines but his own and in "My Fair Lady" Alfred Doolittle had to rush off the stage to be sick, leaving Professor Higgins and the Colonel standing about wondering what to do next!
Yes, it's all true.....
The ultimate guide for amateur dramatics!
Review date: 2003-12-13 Rating: 8 out of 10
If you are in an amateur company - and even if you are not - then you should read this book. It will either persuade you to join an amateur society, or make you leave before you get corrupted.
It's too late for us, but you can still save yourself . . .
"The Art of Coarse Acting" can be considered the definitive work for any and all amateur societies - even if it is just a guide at what not to do!
I'm so glad it has come back into print, and the second revised edition has all the charm of the original and far more interesting information. Buy this now!
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
Michael Green
Recording label: Samuel French Ltd
Manufacturer: Samuel French Ltd
EAN: 9780573190292
Binding: Paperback
Dewey decimal number: 808
ISBN: 0573190291
Number of pages: 120
Publication date: 1994-11
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Original Language)
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