Greasepaint Monkey: An Actor on Acting by John Cairney

Title	:	Greasepaint Monkey: An Actor on Acting
Author	:	John Cairney
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ISBN	:	1906817421
ISBN-10	:	9781906817428
Language	:	English
Format Type	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	156
Publication	:	First published May 1, 2010

A book for actors, for would-be actors and for everyone who has a curiosity about theatre as it is on the inside. The bareback performance of the histrionic art as it has been since the Greeks. This is one actor's experience over 60 years as a professional, including roles in The Avengers, Dr Finlay's Casebook, Jason and the Argonauts and This Man Craig.

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Helen

I loved it so much, a simple, effective book for a young actor.

John Cairney - John Cairney has been a professional actor, writer, singer, director, producer, lecturer and painter. All of these aspects go into the making of the author of this novel. His first writing was autobiographical. This led him to biographies based on characters hed played in the theatre, such as Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. John has spent much of his life travelling, living for some time in New Zealand, but now having returned to his native Glasgow. John Cairney has been a professional actor, writer, singer, director, producer, lecturer and painter. All of these aspects go into the making of the author of this novel. His first writing was autobiographical. This led him to biographies based on characters he'd played in the theatre, such as Robert Burns, R...

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