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Acting on impulse : reclaiming the Stanislavski approach : a practical workbook for actors / John Gillett ; cover design by Andrew Evans ; illustrations by Jannis Labelle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillett, John (Actor and director), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938.
- Stanislavsky, Konstantin.
- Method acting--Fiction.
- Method acting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Methuen Drama, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""A manual full of enabling, easing exercises - it will enable you to analyse any scene. The cry of the actor at sea `I don''t know what I''m doing'' should, with this book, become a thing of the past'' Sam West ""I''d recommend this book to anyone wanting an introduction to Stanislavksi or Michael Chekhov or acting in general."" Matt Peover, LAMDA trainer and theatre director. ""Contains all the important things that need to be said about learning to act...in an extremely logical and sensible manner."" Simon Dunmore, Editor Actor''s Yearbook An inspiring and technically thorough practica
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction - Acting in Context
- Part One: Starting From Nothing
- 1. Awareness
- 2. Ease and focus
- Part Two: Imagination and Action - Creating the Foundations
- 3. Acting in circumstances
- 4. Acting with others
- 5. What do I want?
- Part Three: Developing the Imaginary Reality - Images, Sensing, Feeling
- 6. Imagining the action
- 7. Sensing
- 8. Feeling
- 9. Atmosphere
- Part Four: Exploring text and Character
- 10. Meeting the play
- 11. Meeting the character
- Part Five: Creating the Life of the Role
- 12. Discovering the action - active analysis
- 13. Embodiment - physical expression of the character
- 14. Refining the role
- 15. The character
- Part Six: Beyond the Role
- 16. Acting ethics
- 17. Working together
- 18. An open conclusion
- A Map of the Organic Acting Process
- Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781408147740
- 1408147742
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