Playing for Real: Actors on Playing Real People

by Tom Cantrell

Book Overview

This is the first book to explore how actors play real people. How do you capture Hitler, Mugabe, or a serial killer? How do you portray living monarchs or political leaders? Is it possible to embody a genius like Mozart, Woolf or Darwin? What are the pressures of performing an icon like Marlene Dietrich?

Bringing together original conversations with award-winning actors, the line-up includes Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins, David Morrissey,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230230423
• ISBN13: 9780230230422
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"