Robert Blumenfeld lives and works as an actor, dialect coach, and writer in New York City, and is a longtime member of Equity, and SAG-AFTRA. He has performed in numerous regional and New York theaters and recorded four hundred audiobooks, most of them for Talking Books at the American Foundation for the Blind. Robert is the author of 14 books, including Accents: A Manual for Actors (1998; Revised and Expanded Edition, 2002), published by Limelight Editions; and his first novel, The Count of Sainte-Hélène, or The Lure of Infamy: A Novel of the Bourbon Restoration.
Other Books by Robert Blumenfeld, available from Amazon, include:
Nonfiction
Accents: A Manual for Actors
Acting with the Voice: The Art of Recording Books
All the Tricks of the Trade: Everything You Need to Know about Comedy: A Practical Handbook and Complete Performance Guide for Actors, Writers, and Directors
Blumenfeld’s Dictionary of Acting and Show Business
Blumenfeld’s Dictionary of Musical Theater: Opera, Operetta, Musical Comedy
Using the Stanislavsky System: A Practical Guide to Character Creation and Period Styles
Stagecraft: Stanislavsky and External Acting Techniques: A Companion to Using the Stanislavsky System
Teach Yourself Accents: The British Isles: A Handbook for Young Actors and Speakers
Teach Yourself Accents: Europe: A Handbook for Young Actors and Writers
Teach Yourself Accents: North America: A Handbook for Young Actors and Writers
Tools and Techniques for Character Interpretation: A Handbook of Psychology for Actors, Writers, and Directors
How to Rehearse When There Is No Rehearsal: Acting and the Media (by Alice Spivak, written in collaboration with Robert Blumenfeld)
Fiction
The Count of Sainte-Hélène, or The Lure of Infamy: A Novel of the Bourbon Restoration