THE BBC ACTING SERIES
THE COMPLETE SIX DVD SET

The BBC Acting Series has surpassed all other video acting programs in its influence on the acting profession and in the high standard it has set for arts education. While each program is targeted towards a particular realm of acting, an abundance of general wisdom is offered in each which easily applies to a diversity of acting challenges.

See full descriptions of these legendary programs.

Includes all six titles in this stimulating landmark series:

ACTING IN FILM with Michael Caine

ACTING IN OPERA with Jonathan Miller

ACTING IN TRAGEDY with Brian Cox

ACTING IN RESTORATION COMEDY with Simon Callow

ACTING IN HIGH COMEDY with Maria Aitken

ACTING IN SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDY with Janet Suzman

"Taken together, the acclaimed BBC series comprise a kind of Master Class for aspiring thespians. Though each DVD is targeted toward a particular audience, there also is a wealth of general information.  The series will be useful for anyone who ever stood on stage and wondered how to emote while holding a molded plastic skull, or anyone who ever has mulled over the old bromide, "Dying is easy, comedy is hard." –  Baltimore Sun

"This is a graduate course in a box!." – Time Out New York

LIBRARY JOURNAL:

"Looking for a signature video title on acting, one that dishes out the details that go into building successful performances while avoiding Inside the Actors Studio-style claptrap?  The Acting Series compiles the classic British series' six episodes on as many discs, each one a master class in a specific style (e.g., tragedy, film, opera) led by a genuine film or theater luminary.

"These sessions make for fascinating theater in their own right, from Cox's gritty takes on Macbeth and Titus Andronicus, which leave him covered in stage blood, to Janet Suzman's fiery, exacting approach to getting her actors to nail the nuances in passages from Much Ado About Nothing.

" Yes, Shakespeare is well represented here, but so is the work of such lesser-known playwrights as Sir John Vanbrugh (The Relapse) and Thomas Middleton and William Rowley (The Changeling).

 "It is all great fun besides, especially Caine's no-nonsense advice on acting on camera, and just watch actor Michael Stroud restrain himself (barely) as Simon callow repeatedly criticizes and corrects his portrayal of a fop in a Restoration comedy.

  "The Acting Series is a jolly good show that is highly recommended, if not essential, for all library performing arts collections."

AMERICAN THEATRE:

  "The series is not only edifying but entertaining. Watch a dapper Simon Callow put Ravel on the record player to release the inner voluptuousness of a pale, prim fellow (who, when urged to play the scene as though he's drunk on life, protests, "But I'm a teetotaler!") Watch Brian Cox smear himself with fake blood to expose the wry comedy behind Macbeth's ranting.  The series holds discoveries not only about the actor's craft but about classic texts you thought you knew."

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