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Actors on Guard A Practical Guide for the Use of the Rapier and Dagger for Stage
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Actors on Guard A Practical Guide for the Use of the Rapier and Dagger for Stage and Screen Paperback - 1996 - 1st Edition

by Dale Ant Girard


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Actors on Guard is the most comprehensive and detailed book on the art of theatrical swordplay available today. It provides the reader with the historical, theoretical and practical basis for learning, practicing and presenting theatrical sword fights. Focusing specifically on the Elizabethan rapier and dagger (the most popular weapons used in stage fights), Actors on Guard provides actors, directors, teachers, stage managers and technicians the skills and knowledge essential to presenting safe and effective fights, both for stage and screen.

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Until a few years ago state combat had been an inexact practice handled by just about anyone who felt qualified for the job; however, many were not.

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  • Title Actors on Guard A Practical Guide for the Use of the Rapier and Dagger for Stage and Screen
  • Author Dale Ant Girard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 450
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Theatre Arts Book, New York
  • Date December 20, 1996
  • ISBN 9780878300587

About the author

Dale Anthony Girard is an award winning Fight Director with over 12 years' experience in the field. He is a senior member of the Society for American Fight Directors (SAFD), and one of only ten Fight Masters recognized by the SAFD in the United States. Mr. Girard spent five years on the faculty at the National Theatre Conservatory and is presently resident Fight Director for Yale's prestigious School of Drama and School of Music's Opera Program.

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