William Esper, Damon Dimarco

The Actor's Art and Craft

William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique

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Produktbeschreibung

A masterful introduction to the actor's craft presents a series of rigorous but flexible exercises, based on the Meisner Technique of acting, designed to help actors deal with a wide variety of performance challenges. Original. 15,000 first printing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House USA Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 134mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 226g
• ISBN-13: 9780307279262
• ISBN-10: 030727926X
• Artikelnr.: 23042533

Autorenporträt

William Esper and Damon DiMarco with a Preface by David Mamet

Inhaltsangabe

Foreward by David Mamet
Prologue
Bill’s Class
ONE — Begin Again — Empty Your Cup
TWO — The First Exercise — Did You Hear What He Said?
THREE — Repition Continues — Did You Really Hear What He Really Said?
FOUR — Developing Concentration
FIVE — How to Justify Absolutely Anything
SIX — Don’t Gird Yourself to Act; Open Yourself to Receive
SEVEN — Objectives and Expectations: Be Careful What You Want
EIGHT — Action Problems: Awaken Your Inner Criminal
NINE — Scene Work: Private Conversations — Approach the Text and Pick Up
Your Impulses
TEN — Farewell to Repition: Don’t Do Anything Unless Something Happens to
Make You Do It
ELEVEN — Daydreams, Fantasies, and Your Inner Life: Emotional Preparation
TWELVE — Relationships: I Know He’s Your Brother, but Who Is He Really?
THIRTEEN — The Domestic Exercise: How Are Things At Home?
FOURTEEN — The Second Round of Scene Work: Go Deeper into the Text
FIFTEEN — Final Questions: It’s a Wrap. Now Where Do We Go from Here?
Acknowledgments