Books Received

Listing does not preclude subsequent review. Interested reviewers should send a resume and a letter indicating areas of expertise directly to the Book Review Editor, Dorothy Chansky at the College of William and Mary, Department of Theatre, Speech, and Dance, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA, 23187-8795, or via electronic mail: dachan@wm.edu. (N.B. Those titles preceded by an "*" have been assigned to reviewers. Titles preceded by a "**" are reviewed in this issue).

Acting, Directing, and Playwriting

*Bloom, Michael. Thinking Like a Director: A Practical Handbook. New York: Faber and Faber, Inc., 2001; pp. 239. $14.00.

Callery, Dymphna. Through the Body: A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre. New York: Routledge, 2002; pp. 243. $21.95.

Castagno, Paul C. New Playwriting Strategies: A Language-Based Approach to Playwriting. New York: Routledge, 2001; pp. 186. $75.00 cloth, $17.95 paper.

Chekhov, Michael. To the Actor on the Technique of Acting. New York: Taylor & Francis/Routledge, 2002; pp. 222. $19.95.

Cohen, Robert. Advanced Acting: Style, Character, and Performance. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2002; pp. xx + 268. $52.55.

Cole, Susan Letzler. Playwrights in Rehearsal: The Seduction of Company. New York: Routledge, 2001; pp. 262. $85.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Fantasia, Louis. Instant Shakespeare: A Proven Technique for Actors, Directors, and Teachers. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2002; pp. 213. $26.00.

Fisher, Jennifer and Jim Drobnick. Counterposes. Montreal: Oboro, 2002; pp. 79.

Green, Don. Audition Success: An Olympic Sports Psychologist Teaches Performing Artists How to Win. New York: Routledge, 2001; pp. 186. $16.95.

*Greene, Alexis, ed. Women Who Write Plays: Interviews with American Dramatists. Hanover, NH: Smith and Kraus, Inc., 2001; pp. 543. $19.95.

Herrington, Joan, ed. The Playwright's Muse: Studies in Modern Drama. New York: Routledge, 2002; pp. 310. $29.95.

Lecoq, Jacques. The Moving Body: Teaching Creative Theatre. New York: Routledge, 2002; pp. 169. $17.95.

McEvenue, Kelly. The Actor and the Alexander Technique. New York: Palgrave, 2001. pp. 148. $15.95.

*Merlin, Joanna. Auditioning: An Actor-Friendly Guide. New York: Vintage Books, 2001; pp. xxi + 214. $12.00.

Miller, Arthur. On Politics and the Art of Acting. New York: Viking, 2001; pp. 87. $15.00.

Pritner, Cal and Louis Colaianni. How to Speak Shakespeare. Santa Monica: Santa Monica Press, 2001; pp. 144. $16.95.

Rodenburg, Patsy. The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer. New York: Palgrave, 2000. pp. 400. $16.95.

Rodenburg, Patsy. Speaking Shakespeare. New York: Palgrave, 2002. pp. 355. $26.95.

Sossaman, Stephen. Writing Your First Play. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001; pp. 126. $27.00.

*Spencer, Stuart. The Playwright's Guidebook: An Insightful Primer on the Art of Dramatic Writing. New York: Faber and Faber, Inc., 2002; pp. 374. $16.00.

Tucker, Patrick. Secrets of Acting Shakespeare: The Original Approach. New York: Routledge, 2002; pp. vii + 272. $85.00 cloth, $22.95 paper.

*Watson, Ian, ed. Performer Training: Developments Across Cultures. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, 2001; pp. 236. $58.00 cloth, $29.00 paper.

Wilson, Glenn D. Psychology for Performing Artists, 2nd edition. Philadelphia: Whurr Publishers, 2002; pp. 276. $38.95.

Zinder, David. Body Voice Imagination. New York: Routledge, 2002. pp. 255. $80.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.

Autobiography and Biography

*Adler, Jacob and Lulla Rosenfeld, trans. A Life on the Stage: A Memoir. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2002; pp. 403. $18.95.

Aleson, Robyn, Shelley Bennett, and Mark Leonard, eds. A Passion for Performance: Sarah Siddons and Her Portraitists. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1999; pp. 141. $24.95.

Arness, James and James E. Wise, Jr. James Arness: An Autobiograophy. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2001; pp. 237. $35.00.

*Bach, Steven. Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001; pp. 462. $29.95.

*Bikel, Theodore. Theo: An Autobiography. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2002; pp. 452. $24.95.

*Bradby, David. Beckett: Waiting for Godot. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002; pp. 255. $60.00 cloth, $22.00 paper.

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