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Theatre Journal 56.1 (2004) 154-160



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Books Received


Listing does not preclude subsequent review. Interested reviewers should send a resume and a letter indicating areas of expertise 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

Boal, Augusto and Adrian Jackson, trans. Games for Actors and Non-Actors, 2nd edition. Florence, KY: Taylor & Francis/Routledge, 2002; pp. 301. $22.95.

Book, Stephen. Book on Acting: Improvisation Technique for the Professional Actor in Film, Theatre, and Television. Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 2003; pp. 628. $24.95.

Fantasia, Louis. Instant Shakespeare: A Proven Technique for Actors, Directors, and Teachers. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2003; pp. 213. $14.95 paper.

**Garrison, Gary. Perfect 10: Writing and Producing the 10-Minute Play. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2001; pp. x + 134. $14.95 paper.

Greene, Don. Performance Success: Performing Your Best Under Pressure. New York: Routledge, 2002; pp. 151. $16.95.

Guskin, Harold. How to Stop Acting. New York: Faber and Faber, Inc., 2003; pp. 175. $15.00.

Kerrigan, Sheila. The Performer's Guide to the Collaborative Process. Portsmoth, NH: Heinemann, 2002; pp. 178. $16.95.

McEvenue, Kelly. The Actor and the Alexander Technique. New York: Palgrave McMillan, 2002; pp. 148. $15.95.

*Pavis, Patrice and David Williams, trans. Analyzing Performance: Theatre, Dance, and Film. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003; pp. 362. $24.95.

Rodenburg, Patsy. The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer. New York: Palgrave McMillan, 2002; pp. 400. $16.95.

Rodenburg, Patsy. Speaking Shakespeare. New York: Palgrave McMillan, 2002; pp. 348. $26.95.

**Sossaman, Stephen. Writing Your First Play. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001; pp. xi + 126. $28.20 paper.

**Spencer, Stuart. The Playwright's Guidebook: An Insightful Primer on the Art of Dramatic Writing. [End Page 154] New York: Faber and Faber, 2002; pp. xiii + 374. $16.00 paper.

Zarrilli, Phillip B. Acting (Re)Considered: A Theoretical and Practical Guide, Second edition. New York: Routledge, 2002; pp. 396. $25.95.

Zinder, David. Body-Voice-Imagination: A Training for the Actor. New York: Routledge, 2002; pp. 255. $19.95.

Autobiography And Biography

**Conolly, L. W., ed. Bernard Shaw and Barry Jackson. Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002; pp. xliv + 218. $60.00 cloth.

Coppa, Francesca, ed. Joe Orton: A Casebook. Chicago: Taylor & Francis/Routledge, 2002; pp. 181. $85.00.

Edwards, Gwynne. Lorca: Living in the Theatre. Chester Springs, PA: Dufour Editions, Inc., 2003; pp. 240. $44.95 cloth.

Fitz-Simon, Christopher. The Boys: A Biography of Micheal MacLiammoir and Hilton Edwards. Chester Springs, PA: Dufour Editions, Inc., 2002; pp. 320. $17.95.

Henslowe, Philip and R. A. Foakes, ed. Henslowe's Diary, 2nd edition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003; pp. 368. $75.00 cloth, $29.00 paper.

*Jenkins, Annibel. I'll Tell You What: The Life of Elizabeth Inchbald. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1003; pp. 596. $39.95.

**Kaufmann, David. Ridiculous: The Theatrical Life and Times of Charles Ludlam. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2003; pp. 946. $29.95.

**Michalos, Alex and Deborah C. Poff, eds. Bernard Shaw and the Webbs. Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003; pp. xxxiv + 313. $65.00 cloth.

Phillips, Sian. Public Places: My Life in Theater, with Peter O'Toole and Beyond. New York: Faber and Faber, Inc., 2003; pp. 425. $26.00.

P-Orridge, Genesis. Nick Mamatas, Jackie Breyer, and Don Goede, eds. Painful but Fabulous: The Lives and Art of Genesis P-Orridge. New York: Soft Skull Shortwave, 2002; pp. 200. $20.00 paper.

*Schanke, Robert A. "That Furious Lesbian": The Story of Mercedes de Acosta. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2003; pp. 210. $45.00 cloth.

Watson, Charles S. Horton Foote: A Literary Biography. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003; pp. 277. $29.95.

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