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Performing Arts Acting & Auditioning

In the Background

An Extra's Handbook

by (author) Peter Messaline & Bill Tarling

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1996
Category
Acting & Auditioning, Guides & Reviews
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889242678
    Publish Date
    Jan 1996
    List Price
    $17.99

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Description

In the Background gives advice on courses and casting, and how to prepare before shooting begins. It describes the joy and the fear, the pleasures and the pain, the challenge and the boredom of life on set. Wardrobe, taxes, files, resumes, the myriad details of the performer’s life – here are practical details and information that can make the professional difference.

About the authors

Peter Messaline voiced the Daleks in the 1972 Dr. Who serial Day of the Daleks and has worked in England, Canada, and the United States. After the Stratford and Shaw Festivals, he has principal casting in series and MOW. He hasn't had a joe job in 40 years.

Peter Messaline's profile page

Bill Tarling is a performer extras' agent and has been making his living for many years on sets in Toronto as an extra and principal performer. This book grew out of his answers to the thousands of questions he fields from people on set.

Bill Tarling's profile page

Editorial Reviews

"If you really want to be a career extra, Tarling has the book for you."

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