Acting

ISBN-13: 9781032212081 / Twarda / 2023 / 200 str.

UK) Merlin Bella (Exeter University

Opis

This book is a dynamic response to recent societal and entertainment industry changes, focusing on inclusion, diversity and equity, and the actor's trajectory from training to rehearsal to performance on stage and screen.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. ‘Why act?’: Some socio-cultural perspectives 2. ‘The Player and the Instrument’: Actor training 3. ‘Systems and Methods’: 20th-century innovators 4. ‘Building a Character’: Rehearsal processes 5. ‘Expressing Your Creative Individuality’: 21st-century practitioners 6. ‘And ... Action!’: Performance practices Epilogue

O autorze

Bella Merlin is an actor, writer and Professor of Acting and Directing at the University of California, Riverside.