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ACCENTS, DIALECTS AND VOICE
American Dialects
by Lewis Herman
Speak with Distinction
by Edith Skinner
Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer
by Patsy Rodenburg
Accents: A Manual for Actors
by Robert Blumenfeld
Right to Speak: Working with the Voice
by Patsy Rodenburg
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IMPROVISATION
Truth in Comedy: Manual of Improvisation
by Charna Halpern & Del Close
Comedy Improvisation: Excercises and Technique for Young Actors
by Delton T. Horn
Improv!: A Handbook for the Actor
by Greg Atkins
Spontaneous Performance: Acting Through Improv
by Marsh Cassady
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
by Keith Johnstone
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MAKE UP
The Face Is a Canvas
by Irene Cory
Complete Make-Up Artist
by Penny Delamar
Stage Makeup
by Laura Thudium
Stage Makeup Step-By-Step
by Rosemarie Swinfield
Stage Makeup
by Richard Corson
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MONOLOGUES - GENERAL
100 Monologues: Audition Sourcebook
by Laura Harrington, ed.
222 Monologues 2 minutes and Under
by Jocelyn A. Beard, ed.
Speak the Speech!: Shakespeare's Monologues Illuminated
by Rhona Silverbush, Sami Plotkin
Take a Risk: 40 Monologues Guaranteed to Amuse
by Lauren M. Woodbury
Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook
by Ed Hooks
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MONOLOGUES - MEN
Shakespeare for One: Men : The Complete Monologues and Audition Pieces
by Douglas Newe
Contemporary Monologue: Men
by Michael Earley, ed.
Classical Audition Speeches for Men
by Jean Marlow
Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Men
by Simon Dunmore, ed.
Methuen Book of Contemporary Monologues for Men
by Chrys Salt
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MONOLOGUES - WOMEN
Contemporary Monologue: Women
by Michael Earley, ed.
Methuen Audition Book for Women
by Annika Bluhm
Shakespeare for One: Women: The Complete Monologues and Audition Pieces
by Douglas Newell, Ed.
Best Women's Stage Monologues of 2000
by Jocelyn Beard
Contemporary American Monologues for Women
by Todd London, ed.
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SCREENPLAYS
Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay
by Syd Field
Good Will Hunting: A Screenplay
by Matt Damon & Ben Affleck
Swingers : A Screenplay and the Swingers Rules
by Jon Favreau & Vince Vaughn
American Beauty: The Shooting Script
by Alan Ball
Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay
by Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
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