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ACCENTS, DIALECTS AND VOICE
Speak with Distinction
by Edith Skinner
Voice and the Actor
by Cicely Berry
Joy of Phonetics and Accents
by Louis Colaianni
American Dialects
by Lewis Herman
Freeing Shakespeare's Voice
by Kristin Linklater
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IMPROVISATION
Comedy Improvisation: Excercises and Technique for Young Actors
by Delton T. Horn
Improvisation Starters
by Philip Bernardi
Truth in Comedy: Manual of Improvisation
by Charna Halpern & Del Close
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
by Keith Johnstone
Improv Comedy
by Andy Goldberg
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MAKE UP
Costume and Make Up
by Michael Holt
The Face Is a Canvas
by Irene Cory
Special Make-Up Effects
by Vincent J-R Kehoe
Period Make-Up for the Stage
by Rosemarie Swinfield
Complete Make-Up Artist
by Penny Delamar
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MONOLOGUES - GENERAL
50 African American Audition Monologues
by Gus Edwards
Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors
by Michael Shulman, ed.
100 Monologues: Audition Sourcebook
by Laura Harrington, ed.
Speak the Speech!: Shakespeare's Monologues Illuminated
by Rhona Silverbush, Sami Plotkin
222 Monologues 2 minutes and Under
by Jocelyn A. Beard, ed.
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MONOLOGUES - MEN
Classical Audition Speeches for Men
by Jean Marlow
Classical Monologues: Volume 1, Younger Men
by Leon Katz, Ed.
Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Men
by Simon Dunmore, ed.
Contemporary Monologue: Men
by Michael Earley, ed.
Methuen Audition Book for Men
by Annika Bluhm
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MONOLOGUES - WOMEN
Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Women
by Simon Dunmore, ed.
Contemporary Monologue: Women
by Michael Earley, ed.
More Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Women
by Simon Dunmore, ed.
Even More Monologues for Women by Women
by Tori Haring-Smith
Contemporary American Monologues for Women
by Todd London, ed.
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SCREENPLAYS
American Beauty: The Shooting Script
by Alan Ball
Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays
by Laurent Bouzereau, Ed.
Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay
by Syd Field
State and Main: The Shooting Script
by David Mamet
Black Hawk Down: The Shooting Script
by Ken Nolan, Ridley Scott
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