Break a Leg!: The Kids’ Guide to Acting and Stagecraft

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A complete drama course for kids in a book. BREAK A LEG! teaches budding thespians the whole thing they wish to know about stagecraft and the production of performances, in home or out.

Illustrated during with informative how-to and candid shots of young working actors, BREAK A LEG! is as comprehensive as it is high-spirited. There are sections on body preparation, including warm-ups, stretches, and breathing exercises. Theater games, improv, miming, and other fun how one can develop technique. Important acting skills, such as voice projection, crying on command, learning accents, and staging falls and fights without getting hurt. Theperformance: analyzing scripts, building a character, what to anticipate from rehearsals, and overcoming stagefright. A behind the scenes have a look at blocking, lighting, and other technical aspects of theater production. And for the fun of costumes and make-up, a 16-page color insert. As well as, it covers legends and lore (Why is Macbeth cursed? Why do we say “break a leg”?) and offers dozens of should-see movie recommendations. Plus, for the ambitious, talented, and just plain curious, there’s advice on easy methods to make a career of it all, with tips on agents and auditions and getting jobs in theater, film, TV, and radio.


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