A Practical Handbook for the Actor
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B007QPFFXY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 223 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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I learned an enormous amount." --Robert Benton"This beautifully written book offers a clear guide to the most profound acting technique I know. A deeply interesting and valuable piece of work." --Sidney Lumet"This terse and lucid handbook might well be for the actor what Strunk and White's The Elements of Style is for the writer." --John Guare"This book is wonderful. Every young actor should read it, re-read it, and then keep it under his pillow." --Lindsay Crouse . It is clear, direct, and to the point, with none of the hokum that accompanies most books on the theatre, especially about acting. "This is the best book on acting written in the last twenty years." --from the introduction by David Mamet"Simple, clear and consise--just what was needed
"I can literally say, it is best book about acting" according to Omer Ocak. I read lots of books about acting but none of them was concise, up to the point and real summary. This book byitself is enough to give you all the information about the acting. It explains a great technique which really helps a lot on the stage. It also explains how to apply this technique in different conditions, with different directors, actors, methods. It has also troubleshooting page for many different use cases/scenarios. It should be really "under the pillow" book for anyone who is into acting. Everything You Need! Andy As a university student of Fine Arts, this book was assigned to me by my acting professor. As soon as I began working from it, this book went from a textbook, to. Staple of my collection almost instantly. I went from a supporting actor that few audience members remembered, to the president and director of our student theatre organization, and this book, in large part, is to thank for that. It walks you through explanations of acting terms and devices that are easy for anyone to understand, and well as some history of the development of acting and theatre. It's a very easy, yet comprehensive read that is guaranteed to boost y. "Highly recommended for someone serious about the language of theater and" according to Tim Habeger. In an age where many America acting coaches won't push much further than helping actors with 60-second auditions, this is the real deal. Highly recommended for someone serious about the language of theater and film. How to make a deeper connection to the heart of a great story. This book explores the difference between those who think acting is pretending to look like a person who is feeling something -- and those who feel the job is based in real actions.
Members of the Practical Aesthetics Workshop, they helped found the Atlantic Theatre Company with Mamet and Macy in 1985. H. Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek, Nathaniel Pollack, Robert Previto, and Scott Zigler are actors who worked with David Mamet and W. Macy at New York University and at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
An actor's job, the authors state, is to "find a way to live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances of the play." The ways in which an actor can attain that truth form the substance of this eloquent book.From the Trade Paperback edition.. Macy, and director Gregory Mosher. H. This simple and essential book about the craft of acting describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. A Practical Handbook for the Actor is written for any actor who has ever experienced the frustrations of acting classes that lacked clarity and objectivity, and that failed to provide a dependable set of tools