Synopsis
This vital resource will steer you through the hugely competitive industry of stage, film and TV acting, offering wise advice on everything from writing an eye-catching résumé to finding an agent. It will give you a clear understanding of how acting careers are built and sustained, and how actors must position themselves in an environment overseen by directors, agents, casting directors and acting unions. Praised for its honest and critical understanding of the industry, the text has retained its status as the leading book in its field since the first edition published in 1972.
Acclaimed industry professional authors Robert Cohen and James Calleri offer vast insight and experience as professors, directors, playwrights and casting directors, making the text essential reading for all students and lecturers of acting at universities, drama schools and conservatories, as well as anyone interested in pursuing and developing their career in acting.
About the Author
<br /><br><br><br><br><b>Robert Cohen </b>is a novelist, short story writer, and essayist, and is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College, USA. His books include <i>Inspired Sleep, Amateur Barbarians, The Varieties of Romantic Experience</i>, and others; his stories and essays have appeared in <i>Harper’s, Paris Review, the Atlantic, GQ, The Believer</i>, and many other magazines. Among his awards are a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, a Lila Wallace Writers Award, and a Pushcart Prize. He has taught creative writing and literature at Harvard University, the Iowa Writers Workshop, Warren Wilson’s MFA Program for Writers, and Middlebury College.; <br /><br><br><br><br><b>Robert Cohen </b>is a novelist, short story writer, and essayist, and is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College, USA. His books include <i>Inspired Sleep, Amateur Barbarians, The Varieties of Romantic Experience</i>, and others; his stories and essays have appeared in <i>Harper’s, Paris Review, the Atlantic, GQ, The Believer</i>, and many other magazines. Among his awards are a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, a Lila Wallace Writers Award, and a Pushcart Prize. He has taught creative writing and literature at Harvard University, the Iowa Writers Workshop, Warren Wilson’s MFA Program for Writers, and Middlebury College.; <br /><br><br><br><br><b>Robert Cohen </b>is a novelist, short story writer, and essayist, and is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College, USA. His books include <i>Inspired Sleep, Amateur Barbarians, The Varieties of Romantic Experience</i>, and others; his stories and essays have appeared in <i>Harper’s, Paris Review, the Atlantic, GQ, The Believer</i>, and many other magazines. Among his awards are a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, a Lila Wallace Writers Award, and a Pushcart Prize. He has taught creative writing and literature at Harvard University, the Iowa Writers Workshop, Warren Wilson’s MFA Program for Writers, and Middlebury College.
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