Swashbuckling: a Step-by-Step Guide to the Art of Stage Combat and Theatrical Swordplay: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Art of Stage Combat & Theatrical Swordplay, Revised & Updated Edition (Limelight) - Softcover

Lane, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879100915 ISBN 13: 9780879100919

Publisher: LIMELIGHT, 1998

Synopsis

The ultimate guide to stage fighting technique and basic swordplay, this book covers everything an actor must do to give a dynamic and convincing performance as a stage combatant. "âThis bookã is more than a manual... A necessity! Richard Lane's concepts are vital...'Why' and 'When' are explained and make 'How' easier to understand and execute...Read this, pay heed and you will avoid sin and suffering...I raise my sword on high and salute you, Richard. Well done!" -Oscar F. Kolombatovich, former Fencing Master, Metropolitan Opera, New York, and Executive Secretary, Historical Fencing Society

About this title

From the Author:

Swashbuckling is the ultimate guide to stage fighting.
In words and pictures - about 400 of them, Swashbuckling covers everything an actor must know and everything an actor must do to give a dynamic and convincing performance as a stage combatant. Covered in detail are weaponry, defense and attack techniques, and working with fight directors.

"[This book] is more than a manual... A necessity! Richard Lane's concepts are vital... 'Why' and 'When' are explained and make 'How' easier to understand and execute... I raise my sword on high and salute you, Richard. Well done!" - Oscar Kolombatovich, former Fencing Master, Metropolitan Opera, New York END

About the Author:

Richard Lane is founder and executive director of The Academy of the Sword in Northern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: LIMELIGHT
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0879100915
• ISBN 13: 9780879100919
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 346