Let Me Play the Lion Too: How to Be an Actor

By Michael Pennington

How do you prepare for your first day on the set? Why might a bad audition lead to a good job offer? Can you have a glass of wine before a matinee? What's the difference between transitive and intransitive corpsing? What is stage fright?

In Michael Pennington's highly personal guide and memoir there are sections on rehearsals, on television then and now, on who does what on a film set, on the disciplines and rewards of musical theatre, and five directors discuss why the scenery is better on radio.

Infectiously enthusiastic, both conversational and profound, Let Me Play the Lion Too draws on the author's fifty years of experience to celebrate the deadly serious, sometimes hilarious, often misunderstood but infinitely enriching life of a professional actor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571408257
• ISBN13: 9780571408252
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 432 Pages