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A handbook for aspiring actors by two of the best-known names in
the British theatre and television Written by two of the best-known
actors in the country, this short book offers practical advice and
do's and don'ts to anyone thinking of taking up acting. Both
authors are passionate about actor training, know the profession
inside out and, as they say in their intro, have more than a
hundred years' experience between them Writing alternate paragraphs
throughout the book - and frequently contradicting each other -
they cover the whole gamut from * Applying to drama school *
Auditioning * Training * Working in unpaid productions * Doing
'bits' on telly etc etc and on up to * Getting an agent and *
Enduring a West End run - should you be so lucky. Published in
slimline format (cf. NHB's Actions), this handy but pleasantly
unstuffy manual is essential reading - or an essential gift -for
any aspiring actor.
Arriman has decided to marry. His wife must be a witch of the
darkest powers - To find the most fiendish, he holds a
spell-casting competition. Glamorous Olympia performs the Symphony
of Death and conjures up a thousand plague-bearing rats. The magic
of gentle Belladonna, the white witch, goes hopelessly wrong. She
produces perfumed flowers instead of snakes. Bats roost in her hair
instead of becoming blood-sucking vampires. Belladonna longs to be
an evil enchantress - but how?
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Hobson's Choice (DVD)
Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson, Prunella Scales, …
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R218
Discovery Miles 2 180
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Lancashire bootmaker Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) keeps
a tight rein on his three daughters, until his eldest, Maggie
(Brenda De Banzie), marries his assistant Willie Mossop (John
Mills) and sets him up in his own bootmaking firm. To Hobson's
consternation, Willie has soon become his father-in-law's main
business rival.
When Irene Spencer meets Vera Small at her daughter Lesley's
wedding reception, they embark upon a correspondence that is quite
unlike any other in the history of letter-writing. Both Irene and
Vera are happily widowed and endowed with errant offspring. They
live in a world of church fetes and amateur dramatics, but love
nothing more than dipping their pens in the vitriol pot - while
remaining the firmest of pen-pals. Feisty, naughty and endlessly
funny, Ladies of Letters provides a hilarious insight into suburban
friendships as they really are! 'Quite honestly as I laid the last
letter aside I felt a better person for having glimpsed behind the
net curtains of Mrs Small's and Mrs Spencer's life.' - Sue
Townsend. 1 CD. 1 hr 30 mins.
John Cleese's special introductions to each episode are included in
this collection of all 12 TV soundtrack episodes. Welcome to Fawlty
Towers, where attentive hotelier Basil Fawlty and his charming wife
Sybil will attend to your every need - in your worst nightmare.
With hapless waiter Manuel and long-suffering waitress Polly on
hand to help, anything could happen during your stay - and probably
will. Every episode of both TV series is included in this
soundtrack collection: A Touch of Class; The Builders; The Wedding
Party; The Hotel Inspectors; Gourmet Night; The Germans;
Communication Problems; The Psychiatrist; Waldorf Salad; The Kipper
and the Corpse; The Anniversary; Basil the Rat. Co-starring with
John Cleese as Basil are Prunella Scales (Sybil), Andrew Sachs
(Manuel), Connie Booth (Polly) with a supporting cast including
Ballard Berkeley, Bernard Cribbins, Joan Sanderson, Geoffrey
Palmer, Nicky Henson and Ken Campbell. Also included are special
introductions to each episode by John Cleese.
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