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Building a character / Constantin Stanislavski ; translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood ; introduction by Joshua Logan.
LIBRA Special PN2065 .S7133 1949
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938.
- Standardized Title:
- Rabota aktera nad soboĭ. 2. Rabota nad soboĭ v tvorcheskom prot͡sesse voploshchenii͡a. English
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Acting.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xx, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Theatre Arts Books: Robert M. MacGregor, [©1949]
- Contents:
- Toward a physical characterization
- Dressing a character
- Characters and types
- Making the body expressive
- Plasticity of motion
- Restraint and control
- Diction and singing
- Intonations and pauses
- Accentuation; the expressive word
- Perspective in character building
- Tempo-rhythm in movement
- Speech tempo-rhythm
- Stage charm
- Toward an ethics for the theatre
- Patterns of accomplishment
- Some conclusions on acting.
- Notes:
- Translation of pt 2. of Rabota aktera nad soboĭ (romanized form).
- ISBN:
- 0878300120
- 9780878300129
- OCLC:
- 285830
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