All in Good Timing

A Personal Account of What an Actor Does.

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Click here for the other book: One Life, Two Journeys. 

Click here for comments about the book from some eminent professionals.

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Publisher's Note (on All in Good Timing)

Henri Szeps's passion for acting is infectious. Here Henri, who is well known for his role as Robert in Mother and Son, lays before the reader 30 years of acting experience and divulges his personal view on what good acting is all about. At the heart of good acting is good timing and around this central theme Henri Szeps illustrates the mechanisms and devices needed to produce a convincing and truthful performance. He reveals the traps the unwary actor can slip into and shows how to avoid them.

A 'must' for anyone starting out on the hazardous road to acting, and for anyone who is interested simply in knowing how it is done.

(ISBN O 86819 484 0)

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"When the audience has been swept away by the illusion, we have touched the child." Page 21

(Illustrations by Peter Meldrum)

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Here are comments from some distinguished members of the Australian theatrical community.

John Clark, Director, NIDA

'This is a book that every young actor should read. It is full of good ideas and written by someone who knows the industry, loves the art of acting and talks about it with an excellent mixture of common sense and good humour'.

Warren Mitchell, Actor

'Henri Szeps has not just been acting brilliantly all these years he has been observing, noting and dissecting ... the result is a wonderfully entertaining and perceptive analysis of the acting process.'

David Williamson, Playwright.

'The clarity and precision of Henri's account of how actors go about their magical craft made me understand, for the first time, how much more there is to it than just getting up there and saying the words.'

"Ripping your head open
to get yourself ready for the show."

Tony Mack, Lowdown Magazine.

'All in Good Timing is a fascinating blend of acting theory, analysis of the structure of comedy, performance psychology and handy hints.'

Leo McKern (from his foreword)

'The book is ... informative, entertaining, provocative and above all, very brave.'

Please make a selection from the INDEX at left.

One Life, Two Journeys

Contains the scripts of I'm Not a Dentist and WHY KIDS?

Not yet reviewed. For reactions to the performances of the plays click the titles above.

Publisher:

Currency Press
201 Cleveland Street
Redfern
NSW 2016
AUSTRALIA
ph:(61 2) 9319 5877 fax:(61 2) 9319 3649
enquiries@currency.com.au
www.currency.com.au

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