Product Description: The origin and essence of the Western mime are examined in the first part of the book. Traceable to the masked roleplaying of Greek theater, many of the sacred functions of mime in early rituals were carried into later secular performances...read more

Product Description: In the last decades of the nineteenth century, photography underwent one of the most momentous transformations in its history, a renegotiation of the camera’s relationship to the visible world. Reasoned and Unreasoned Images considers in detail the work of three photographic investigators who developed new uses for the medium that centered on “the photography of the invisible”: Alphonse Bertillon, Francis Galton, and Etienne-Jules Marey...read more

Product Description: In this, the first ever—and still the only—published collection of pantomime sketches and gags, actor Paul Harris has gathered together a hilarious selection of theatrical material, much of which originated in Victorian times and which has been updated and refined over the past century...read more

Product Description: The great French mime performer, Claude Kipnis, reveals the mechanisms and techniques of mime in an easy-to-understand translation. This theatre book is not a theoretical "art of" book, but a functional "how to" and "why to" instructional guide...read more

Book by Avital, Samuel

Offers tips for people putting a pantomime on stage in a small venue with a limited budget, including advice on props, costumes, and choreography.

"This book should interest film actors, directors, and scenario writers … besides several chapters on the possibilities of silent drama it contains what is probably our largest and most accurate collection of drawings illustrating emotional attitudes as portrayed by facial expressions and bodily postures." — New York Herald Tribune.Among the oldest theater arts, pantomime figured prominently in Greek and Elizabethan drama, appeared in French and Italian commedia dell'arte theatricals, and surfaced more recently in burlesque, vaudeville, and musical comedy reviews. The author of this book, a veteran French acting instructor, asserts that "The best way to perfect dramatic work is to play pantomimes." In this volume, he presents a well-illustrated analysis of pantomime's extensive variety of emotional expressions, attainable through attitude and gesture.Suggestions range from advice on exercises for maintaining a supple form and achieving specific bodily movements to the use of theatrical accessories and the writing and staging of a pantomime performance. A key to a classic art, this volume affords students, amateurs, and professional actors abundant material for cultivating and refining their craft.

Product Description: One of the few studies covering the historical flow of mime from its beginnings to postmodern movement theatre, this book develops the meaning and evolution of mime and pantomime from the Greeks to the 20th century, depicting the role of mime in dance, clowning, the cinema, and verbal theatre throughout the centuries...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Looks at the history and evolution of mime, from the ancient Greeks through the 20th century.

Suggests warmup exercises, shows how to portray various characters in mime, and discusses makeup, performance, skit writing, and style. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: In this book, Thomas Leabhart examines the contributions of Etienne Decroux, Barrault Marceau, and Lecoq to the development of modern mime, a major creative form which often overlaps with new trends in theater, dance, and performance art. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is a book for everyone involved in staging a pantomime: students, teachers, schools, colleges and amateur groups. The author covers all the information needed for the production, from finding or writing a script to the last night of the show...read more

Product Description: Book by Montanaro, Tony, Montanaro, Karen Hurll

Discusses the history of mime, techniques, make-up, improvisation, and characterization, and provides solo and group exercises

Product Description: Stefan Niedzialkowski immersed himself in the world of mime 30 years ago when he began studying in his native Poland with Henryk Tomaszewski's Wroclaw Mime Theatre. He has taught at Marcel Marceau's school in Paris, and has performed with his own company...read more

Provides pantomimes for one and two performers, and discusses props, staging, and make-up (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Modern mime, which has emerged as a major art form has its roots in the theatre work of Jacques Copeau in Paris in the 1920s. Copeau looked for a remedy to the ills of the theatre of his day by turning to the golden age of Greek theatre, the Noh and Kabuki, and commedia dell'arte...read more