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Playing the AudiencePlaying the AudienceBy James B. Nicola Applause Theatre Book Publishers $18.95 256 pages
Dateline: 30th January, 2006It is frequently said of books that they can change your life, or, in certain more emphatic cases, that they will change your life. While James B. Nicola makes no such claim for Playing the Audience, if you are in love with theatre this guide, which is ostensibly for actors, could just have that elusive effect.
This is far more than just an acting manual for college students and those taking their first steps towards a stage career.
Nicolais a free-lance stage director, playwright, composer, lyricist, and occasional poet. He writes beautifully and if he ever turns his hand to a novel, will undoubtedly make a success of it.
He is also clearly a deep thinker and this is where his book proves.......
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