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The Complete Guide to the Art of Acting

“This book is a magnificent achievement. It would be difficult to conceive of a more comprehensive, imaginative, or rich source for the teacher and student of acting.”

—Ken Pickering, Professor of Arts Education at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education and former Chief Examiner for Drama and Speech at Trinity College, London

Acting Magic is a comprehensive 568-page guidebook that takes the aspiring actor from beginning voice, stage movement, and role-playing exercises to a high level of performance excellence and repertory discipline. Based on the author’s career as a professional actress and her many years of teaching drama to children and adults, the book breaks down all the components of acting into simple and engaging chunks so that even the youngest student can digest and successfully apply them on the stage. Games, stories, exercises, illustrations, handouts, and teacher’s keys guide the actor to discover everything the pros know. The extensive glossary and in-depth history of theater completes the book as a perfect study and performance text for acting companies and colleges alike.
In addition to providing a firm foundation in the fundamentals of technique, Acting Magic also nurtures self-esteem, reinforces oral language skills, and inspires a real enthusiasm for classical literature. In a departure from modern Hollywood texts, the author shows the student how to re-capture the spiritual idealism and noble intention that artists of an earlier era conveyed with such grace, and which constituted the enduring magic of their artistry.
The arts are meant to be an expression of the noblest and purest of human sentiments and a tribute to lives beautifully lived and fully given. As Russian director Constantin Stanislavski stated, art should lend beauty and nobility to life, and “whatever is beautiful and noble has the power to attract.” That is the true magic of theater, and Acting Magic powerfully expresses this message.
Acting Magic will help you unlock the magic of theater and take you step by step through the heart of the dramatic experience.

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This is a fabulous and very special collection of our favorite acting scenes. The 426-page Treasury includes the best of our children’s classics, great literary classics, historical biography, patriotic, Christmas, Shakespearean, religious, traditional love and courtship, and contemporary scenes - all arranged according to age and performance difficulty. Most of these scenes are original adaptations that capture the purity and freshness of the author's intent without modern cultural overtones. Some of our most beautiful copyright-free illustrations from famous artists are included in this treasury.

Because of the expense of the script binder production, the collection is available only on CDROM from which you may print out your own scenes. The CD is in Adobe Acrobat file format and is bookmarked for easy navigation.

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This is a beautiful collection of Christmas dramatizations for all ages. Nearly two hundred and fifty old-fashioned vignettes, recitations, monologues, duologues, dramatic scenes, and one-act plays are included. You will hear the Yule log crackling, smell the chestnuts and cider, pass the wassail bowl, light the candles on the evergreen, and hear the sweet carolers by the parlor window.

Selections are arranged in order of age appropriateness and performance difficulty. The package comes with beautiful color title pages, dividers, and many exquisite copyright free Victorian illustrations.

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This is our alternate package of Christmas scenes that includes everything above except scenes about Santa Claus. We have added further devotional recitations and scenes. Our Christmas selections are a renewal of faith - faith in God and of the Christian ideals of brotherhood and charity. We can bring you no finer tribute to the simple, radiant beauty of Our Lord's presence in our hearts.

Drama of Romance

A Romantic treasury of over 100 scenes, poems and prose selections that glow with the nobler and purer understanding of love and courtship. Arranged according to age appropriateness and performance difficulty. Some of our most charming scenes are for our Littlest Players!

If the fine thought of Romance has lost its moving charm in our world today, then we can turn to a higher ideal that belonged to an antique time...a time when young boys aspired to be manly gentlemen and women celebrated their roles as godly wives and mothers. It was a time when lovers spoke in priceless gifts of holy confidence and poets reminded us that Love can touch heaven's skirts even as it walks on the common earth...

You will LOVE the gorgeous illustrations. They are a treasure in themselves!

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A Patriotic Tribute to the Brave and the Free

This is a terrific collection of patriotic recitations, dramatized scenes and stories of real Americans who loved their country more than self. These tales of daring and self-sacrifice will grip the heart and make every child feel proud to be an American. The montage is indeed a Fireworks of Freedom and a heart throbbing salute to those who lived and died under the American Flag. The pieces have been carefully adapted for age-appropriate performance and are guaranteed to wring tears of pride and pathos for this nation under God.

This collection of over 100 dramatizations is a powerful way for children (and adults) to learn their American history the way it should be learned - to promote love of country and understanding of the bold destiny of this nation under God. Our scene selections begin with the arrival of Columbus and take us through the stirring events of the Pilgrims, the early colonists, the American Revolution, the Civil War, through the twentieth century crises of the World Wars to the present day – for only in times of personal and national crisis is virtue forged and character won! After re-enacting these historical scenes through drama, your children will know why they should be proud to be Americans, and how to combat and overcome the challenges of an athiestic, secular and anti-American culture.

American History is inspired with thousands of incidents of courage and bravery - of men and women who "fought the good fight" and "kept the faith". Their deeds have become torches that illuminate our way. From their flame, we ourselves catch fire. It is my belief that when a child learns fidelity in little things, he will respond to Heroism in Great Things. And what better way for him to learn than to walk in the boots of the heroes of yesterday.

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Why does Shakespeare so delight the hearts of adults and children alike? Simply because his writings are the richest, the purest, the fairest that genius ever penned. This Shakespearean montage comprises a very complete selection of monologues and scenes for two to six characters adapted for different ages. There are over 60 selections from the histories, comedies and tragedies. Included with each piece is a summary of the play from which it is taken, synopsis of the scene, and a character study. You won’t need another resource for course study, audition selection, or performance. And the Shakespearean verse has remained intact!

We have also included beautiful illustrations of characters from the different plays as depicted from famous artists from the turn-of-the century. Click here to find out more details

All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts.

                                                        As You Like It - II, 7