<p><b>Luvvies. Tyrannical directors. Useless agents. Less job security than an England football manager. Who¿d be an actor?</b><br><br>Michael Simkins isn¿t sure, even though he¿s been one himself for over thirty years. Join him backstage as he examines that business called showbusiness, from am dram to Hollywood, and from Shakespeare to ads for flatulence pills.<br><br>In a career that started as a plump teenager in ballet tights at RADA, Michael has appeared in countless West End plays and musicals, presented safety training workshops for sewage workers, and when resting, worked as a crate smasher at a car factory. He¿s done movies, soaps, ads, and voice-overs, and worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Kelly Osbourne. As the ultimate jobbing actor he¿s flirted with triumph and oblivion without ever quite managing either. <br><br>In<i>The Rules of Acting </i>he shares his hard-won wisdom. Covering everything from learning your lines to tilting for Oscar success in Hollywood, survi
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More priceless nuggets from the author of The Golden Rules of Acting, gleaned from more than thirty years in the acting business. This is every actor's new best friend - in handy paperback form.
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A treasure trove of advice, support and encouragement that no performer should be without. Honest, witty and direct, The Golden Rules of Acting is every actor's best friend - in handy paperback form.
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A fat boy with a passion for sweets and a loathing for games, the young Michael Simkins finds in cricket a sport where size doesn''t necessarily matter and a full-blown obsession is born. Now in middle-age, he still harbours the somewhat deluded...
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Drawing on interview material from more than 20 leading stage managers from the UK, USA and Australia, this book situates the contemporary practice of stage management within its historical and social contexts. Questioning the notions of the invisible...
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