About Acting - formerly titled The Complete About Acting - has become indispensable classic for students and professional actors alike. It is a simple, clear and inspiring guide to the difficult art and craft of performing on stage, film, television and radio.

The follow-up to the seminal Ways of Seeing, one of the most influential books on art

Highly contentious and subversive at the time of its first production in Milan in 1970, this has since become one of Fo's best known and translated text. Based on a true story it throws in to relief the judicial and police corruption of 1970s Italy. Simon Nyes's superb translation brings out the parallels with our situation today.

Allows you to evaluate your own emotional literacy to help you develop your potential.

Siobhan Keenan's comprehensive survey of the key acting companies of the early modern period offers undergraduates and scholars a new perspective on how their demands effected the sort of plays being written and the multiple factors which fostered and formed the theatre of renaissance England.

Now in its third edition, this guide outlines the techniques needed to achieve success in getting acting work. It covers all aspects of casting, including gaining a place on a drama course, landing a part in a film, TV commercials or theatre, and becoming a radio or TV presenter.