"Sword Fighting: A Manual for Actors and Directors is a comprehensive new work on the art of creating realistic and exciting fight sequences for theatre, film and TV." "Written by Keith Ducklin in collaboration with acclaimed fight director John Waller, and fully illustrated by Keith Ducklin and Adam des Forges, this guide for actors, directors and fight directors includes advice on how to use character, costume, period and setting in the staging of a fight scene; analyses of the designs and uses of European military and civilian swords, from the knightly sword of the middle ages to the small sword of the eighteenth century; step-by-step instruction on how sword fighting techniques from different periods can be safely adapted for stage and screen fights." "Sword Fighting: A Manual for Actors and Directors is the product of thirty years research and experimentation into traditional European martial arts by John Waller and his associates."--Jacket.
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