English Actors

Ted Swartz and his Ted & Company TheaterWorks team are known for blending Bible stories with comedy and poignancy, and pushing the envelope on issues of faith and social justice. But who is Ted Swartz? Follow along in this engaging memoir as Swartz finds his way as a middle child in an eastern Pennsylvania traditional Mennonite home to his early work in the family butcher shop. Journey with Ted through the decision of uprooting his young family to attend seminary and then embracing life as a writer and actor.

Do you have a talented child that everyone says is made for television but you’ve hit a brick wall in helping them break into show business? Well this audiobook will outline everything you need to know and do to successfully navigate the entertainment industry. No matter where you live, there are steps you can take to get your child’s professional acting career started today! There are many people out there who claim they can help guide you through this journey but the reality of it is that no one can understand what it means to be the SPCA (Supportive Parent of A Child Actor).

After a career of inspiring millions with these two worldwide phenomena, David Yates recounts his experiences in the newly released book, Swimming Upstream. This book will embolden you to overcome your past and swim against the currents to lead your big life, throwing off the shackles of your past via the narrative of Yates' life. If you're looking to get unstuck or want to shift to big thinking, Swimming Upstream was written just for you. You'll experience lessons from overcoming individuals with classic self-help techniques grounded in relentless faith.

The war came back at Pallas Group Solutions. Chris and Nick both found themselves fighting for their families’ lives. In response, they struck back. Now, with two major underworld figures dead, who had facilitated crimes for the People’s Republic of China, the cartels, and others, the war has entered a new phase.

Fiery actress Valentina Valverde is in Scotland filming Braveheart 2. Working without a break since she was a child to buy her family the perfect life, she’s always put fun on hold. But when hot bodyguard Charlie suggests she tick off a bucket list of ‘teenage kicks’, she’s tempted to step out of her comfort zone and live a little.

An Actor Performs goes from the very basics of acting, to scene study, and to the development of one-person shows. It expands on text analysis, characterization, and use of language. The book explores what is most essential for the actor: imagination, biography, research.

This is a story about revenge against Russia. Revenge using a bomb, and not just any bomb but the most powerful bomb in the world. In 1961 Russia built and exploded the biggest thermonuclear weapon in the world, a monster 58 Megaton bomb. They also secretly built a second bomb which they stored at a nuclear storage facility where it remained forgotten for 28 years.

At the age of two, Mimi began working as a child actress, sharing the screen with the some of the legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, John Wayne, Loretta Young, Jane Wyman, Dorothy McGuire and many, many more. This is a tale of the kid-actors filming on the sound stages of 1950s Hollywood, kid-actors playing their parts in a very adult world, learning hard lessons with sometimes life-altering consequences.

Acting is living and behaving truthfully and fully under imaginary circumstances. But why are “truthfully” and “fully” so hard for us? Why is it so difficult to be in the moment with our art and in our lives?

Unlock the captivating charm of Welsh English with our Developing a Welsh Accent in Englishcourse, specifically tailored for actors and enthusiasts looking to master the distinctive sounds of Welsh English. Guided by Oscar Stanley, this course offers an immersive audio experience, meticulously designed to capture the musicality, rhythm, and warmth of a genuine Welsh accent.

This audiocourse offers a focused and comprehensive guide for actors and stage performers to authentically learn and adopt the Texan accent. It presents a thorough exploration of the accent's nuances, helping learners understand and replicate its distinctive sounds and rhythms for their performances. The course begins by introducing the fundamental characteristics of the Texan dialect, emphasizing its unique phonetic qualities.

A home. Finally a home. Frank finds stability, eager to convert Team Zeppelin into a mighty empire who welcomes all. Those damn manipulators interfere and change everything. Suddenly, Frank becomes a Castle Manager and so the adventure continues.

Forget everything you think you know about the acting industry. No matter what "they" say, a successful career in the acting profession is actually possible for anyone. Life's too short not to follow your dreams. Acting Is My Day Job: Seven Strategies to Market and Make Money as an Actor provides actionable strategies to build momentum, capitalize on early success, and build the habits required to establish a lasting acting career. Matthew Dearing delivers the truth about what it takes to be a working actor, leaving no more room for regret and excuses.

This audiobook is a faithful reproduction of one of Jerome K Jerome's first successes, a humorous autobiographical look at his early career in the theatre, published in 1885. The modest success of this book opened the door to further plays and essays, leading on to 'Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow' in the following year.

Bring the rustic charm of England’s West Country to life on the stage or screen with A Guide to the West Country British Accent. This course is ideal for actors, voice-over artists, and performers who want to perfect the sounds of this distinctive British accent from Devon, Cornwall and Somerset.

Movie stars establish themselves as brands - and Taylor's brand, in its most memorable outings, repeatedly introduced a broad audience to feminist ideas. Drawing on unpublished letters and scripts as well as interviews with Kate Burton, Gore Vidal, Austin Pendleton, Kevin McCarthy, Liz Smith, and others, The Accidental Feminist will surprise Taylor and film fans with its originality and will add a startling dimension to the star's enduring mystique.

Alan Rickman was one of Britain’s most beloved actors. His portrayal of the cunning Hans Gruber in the 1988 blockbuster Die Hard set a new standard for movie villains with his perfect blend of charm and menace. Rickman then became a household name playing Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series. His performance captured the layers of emotion and complexity that made Snape one of the most memorable and celebrated figures in the series.

The Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman was one of America’s most beloved and successful performers. She was drawn to acting at a young age and was delighted to be invited to Hollywood in 1938 for the American remake of Intermezzo. With her flawless natural beauty and talent for acting, she was an instant success.

The name Bruce Lee is synonymous with martial arts superstar. Lee’s movie career was cut tragically short by his death at just 32 years old. Starring in six big-release feature movies, Lee revolutionized martial arts movie-making and challenged Western prejudices against the East. Challenging the status quo of martial arts practice, Lee created his own unique system, Jeet Kune Do. More than a martial art, Jeet Kune Do is a philosophy for life that is founded on the art of fighting without fighting.

Ousted by the Solar System Exchange in favor of an Artificial Intelligence, Greg Body has turned to space exploration. Hiring a team of highly talented personnel, he’s going to take on the Lloyd’s of London odds and colonize the star L98-59. Long-distance telescopes have rated the system as having a “medium probability” of containing an Earth-like world. Greg has decided to take his chances as a post-Singularity Earth has become overcrowded.