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Der Besuch der alten Dame Summary
Der Besuch der alten Dame
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt 1956 155 pages
3.67
35.1K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Antigone Summary
Antigone
by Sophocles 80 pages
3.68
168.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Impro Summary
Impro
Improvisation and the Theatre
by Keith Johnstone 1979 208 pages
4.23
3.7K ratings
Psychology
Theatre
Art
Look Back in Anger Summary
Look Back in Anger
by John Osborne 1956 96 pages
3.53
12.7K ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
Freeing the Natural Voice Summary
Freeing the Natural Voice
by Kristin Linklater 1976 211 pages
4.13
655 ratings
Theatre
Art
Music
Waiting for Godot Summary
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett 1951 109 pages
3.84
215.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
An Actor Prepares Summary
An Actor Prepares
by Constantin Stanislavski 1936 320 pages
4.09
5.0K ratings
Theatre
Film
Drama
A Doll's House Summary
A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen 1879 122 pages
3.77
157.1K ratings
Plays
Drama
School
Directing Actors Summary
Directing Actors
Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television
by Judith Weston 1996 314 pages
4.36
1.9K ratings
Film
Writing
Theatre
Mother Courage and Her Children Summary
Mother Courage and Her Children
by Bertolt Brecht 1941 93 pages
3.62
22.1K ratings
Theatre
School
20th Century
Respect for Acting Summary
Respect for Acting
by Uta Hagen 1973 227 pages
4.20
3.4K ratings
Theatre
Drama
Film
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Summary
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
by Christopher Sergel 1960 128 pages
4.51
22.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Historical Fiction
Tartuffe Summary
Tartuffe
by Molière 1664 180 pages
3.66
41.9K ratings
Plays
Classics
France
Pygmalion Summary
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw 1913 82 pages
3.89
107.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
All My Sons Summary
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller 1947 112 pages
3.91
29.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Intent to Live Summary
The Intent to Live
Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
by Larry Moss 2004 368 pages
4.49
728 ratings
Theatre
Film
Self Help
Twelve Angry Men Summary
Twelve Angry Men
by Reginald Rose 1954 96 pages
4.07
35.6K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Art of Acting Summary
The Art of Acting
by Stella Adler 2000 288 pages
4.22
1.4K ratings
Theatre
Film
Art
The Tempest Summary
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare 1611 218 pages
3.78
220.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Sanford Meisner on Acting Summary
Sanford Meisner on Acting
by Sanford Meisner 1987 250 pages
4.20
3.1K ratings
Theatre
Film
Plays
Improvise. Summary
Improvise.
Scene from the Inside Out
by Mick Napier 2004 144 pages
4.28
1.1K ratings
Comedy
Theatre
Humor
The Merchant of Venice Summary
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare 1596 249 pages
3.78
197.7K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Wild Duck Summary
The Wild Duck
by Henrik Ibsen 1884 128 pages
3.80
10.8K ratings
Plays
Classics
Theatre
Don Juan Summary
Don Juan
by Molière 1665 146 pages
3.55
16.8K ratings
Classics
Plays
France
The Cherry Orchard Summary
The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov 1903 96 pages
3.68
43.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
King Lear Summary
King Lear
by William Shakespeare 1605 339 pages
3.91
230.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
School
The God of Carnage Summary
The God of Carnage
by Yasmina Reza 2007 80 pages
3.71
8.6K ratings
Plays
Theatre
Drama
Cyrano de Bergerac Summary
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand 1897 240 pages
4.06
88.7K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Bodas de sangre Summary
Bodas de sangre
by Federico García Lorca 1932 167 pages
3.87
31.4K ratings
Plays
Classics
Spanish Literature
Audition Summary
Audition
Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part
by Michael Shurtleff 1978 288 pages
4.22
2.9K ratings
Theatre
Film
Drama
Othello Summary
Othello
by William Shakespeare 1603 319 pages
3.89
424.2K ratings
Classics
Plays
School
Death of a Salesman Summary
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller 1949 144 pages
3.58
250.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Caligula and Three Other Plays Summary
Caligula and Three Other Plays
by Albert Camus 1949 302 pages
4.05
2.4K ratings
Plays
Drama
Philosophy
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Summary
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
by August Wilson 1984 111 pages
4.00
3.9K ratings
Plays
Drama
Historical Fiction
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays Summary
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays
by Tennessee Williams 1955 329 pages
4.06
1.5K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character Summary
The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character
William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
by William Esper 2014 306 pages
4.59
190 ratings
Theatre
Long Day’s Journey into Night Summary
Long Day’s Journey into Night
by Eugene O'Neill 1956 179 pages
4.05
42.2K ratings
Plays
Drama
Classics
And Then There Were None Summary
And Then There Were None
A Mystery Play in Three Acts
by Agatha Christie 1944 95 pages
4.25
2.1K ratings
Plays
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Shakespeare's Freedom Summary
Shakespeare's Freedom
by Stephen Greenblatt 2010 160 pages
3.82
166 ratings
Literary Criticism
Literature
History
The Three Sisters Summary
The Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov 1900 81 pages
3.71
23.8K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Real Thing Summary
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard 1982 81 pages
3.90
4.8K ratings
Plays
Drama
Theatre
Six Characters in Search of an Author Summary
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello 1921 64 pages
3.83
21.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Prometheus Bound Summary
Prometheus Bound
by Aeschylus 144 pages
3.94
20.9K ratings
Plays
Mythology
Poetry
The Taming of the Shrew Summary
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare 1593 291 pages
3.74
177.4K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
How Sondheim Can Change Your Life Summary
How Sondheim Can Change Your Life
by Richard Schoch 2024 304 pages
4.02
328 ratings
Music
Theatre
Self Help
The Art of Voice Acting Summary
The Art of Voice Acting
The Craft and Business of Performing for Voice-Over
by James R. Alburger 1998 360 pages
3.99
123 ratings
Theatre
Business
Reference
Grief Lessons Summary
Grief Lessons
Four Plays by Euripides
by Anne Carson 312 pages
4.37
2.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
Poetry
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Summary
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare 1594 245 pages
3.39
16.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The School For Wives Summary
The School For Wives
by Molière 1662 60 pages
3.62
10.0K ratings
Plays
Classics
France
A View from the Bridge Summary
A View from the Bridge
A Play in Two Acts
by Arthur Miller 1955 96 pages
3.71
17.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
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