Voice Acting and Voice Arts Related Reading

Words of Wisdom from some great authors!

These books live in my recording environment and double up as a great acoustic diffuser!

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A Challenge for the Actor: Uta Hagen

A Practical Handbook for the Actor: M. Bruder, L.M. Cohl, M. Olnek, N. Pollack, R. Previto, S. Zigler

I thought plagurism was illegal? Talk about taking the p*ss, I resented paying for this as page after page contains the words, wisdom and advice of others but fails to give them the credit due. It's somehow well respected though I view it as a crock of other people's works you're better off reading first hand. A posh pamphlet of plagurism with the uncredited words of Sandy Meisner and others. 

Actions, The Actor's Thesarus: Marina Caldarone, Maggie Lloyd-Williams

An Actor Prepares: Constantin Stanislavski

An Actor's Handbook, Constantin Stanislavski

Building a Character: Constantin Stanislavski

Creating a Role: Constantin Stanislavski

Finding Your Voice: Barbara Houseman

How to do Accents: Edda Sharpe, Jan Haydn-Rowles

How to do Standard English Accents: Edda Sharpe, Jan Haydn-Rowles

Respect for Acting: Uta Hagen

Sanford Meisner on Acting, Sanford Mesner and Dennis Longwell

Tackling Text [and Subtext]: Barbara Houseman

The Actor and the Text: Cicely Berry

The Actor Speaks: Patsy Rodenburg

The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper, Damon DiMarco

The Alchemy of Voice: Stewart Pearce

The Art of Acting: Stella Adler

The Art of Voice Acting: James R. Alburger

The Michael Chekhov Handbook for the Actor: Lenard Petit

The Need for Words: Patsy Rodenburg

The Power of Voice: Denise Woods

The Right to Speak: Patsy Rodenburg

The Voice Exercise Book: Jeannette Nelson

This is a Voice: Jeremy Fisher and Gillyanne Kayes

To the Actor, on the Technique of Acting: Michael Chekhov

Voice and The Actor: Cicely Berry

Voiceover Achiever: Brand your VO career. Change your life: Celia Siegel

Know thy authentic self; be thy authentic self, and whore thy soul on social media is my elevator pitch for this branding and personal style guide. I love it as it encourages we be our most authentic-selves, warts 'n' all, and I get it, but touting myself on social media isn't for me. I can't hang out with the crowds on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other platforms, it makes my brain hurt, plus opinions are like a*seholes, everyone has one, but they really should, in most cases, be kept private.

Voiceover Narration: Dian Perry

Your Voice and How to Use It: Cicely Berry