Stage Makeup: The Actor's Complete Guide to Today's Techniques and Materials

by Laura Thudium

Book Overview

This up-to-date, full-color makeup manual is designed to lie open on the makeup table right as a guide for student, amateur, or professional performers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823088391
• ISBN13: 9780823088393
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Back Stage Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Wish it was mine!

I bought this book as a Christmas gift for my niece, and glanced through it before I wrapped it up. It looks great! Very detailed, great step-by-step photos. Appears that it would be a good training book for a theatre makeup beginner. I've put it on my own wish list and am hoping to see it under the tree. If not, I'm certainly going to buy a copy for myself!

Excellent beginning makeup text

I am so happy I stumbled upon this book. I've been teaching stage makeup at various universities for over five years and using the Corson book. This book offers clear, color, step-by-step, examples of the basic makeup techniques I cover in my course. The only other book this easy to follow is Makeup for Theatre, Film, and Television by Baygen and it's out of print. This is definately my new course book.

Great tool for all actors and crew.

This is an excellent book for novice to veteran actors. Also good for makeup/costume crew.

Excellent Primer Textbook

I'm an absolute beginner in makeup, even though I'm in my 30's. My recent interest in Theatrical makeup led me to buy this book. I was EXTREMELY delighted to find clear pictures presented on a variety of faces and skin types. The book is layed out very like a college text with examples and exercises. I found it VERY useful in developing a solid foundation (hee hee!) in doing my own and others makeup.