Acting Characters: 20 simple steps from rehearsal to performance

ISBN-13: 9781408132845 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 226 str.

Paul Elsam

Opis

'Non-academic, highly practical and very effective ...A real delight' UK Theatre Web 'A very valuable preparation for the rigours of drama school training' British Theatre Guide 'Technical and refreshingly non-academic ...Clear and helpful pathways to guide the student actor' Sir Alan Ayckbourn 'This book offers graspable steps...to equip the actor with the technical tools necessary to be seen and heard in our crowded arena' Sir Ben Kingsley Paul Elsam's Acting Characters is an introductory handbook for the aspiring actor, compiled of twenty steps grouped into six sections to help create, present and sustain a believable character in most circumstances. Fundamentally practical, the book avoids the heavy discussion of theory that often accompanies books on the subject, looking instead at the essentials of how to use different voices and body language to convey character.

Recenzje

Technical and refreshingly non-academic . . . Clear and helpful pathways to guide the student actor. Sir Alan Ayckbourn

O autorze

Paul Elsam trained as an actor at the former Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre, and has worked widely as a performer in theatre, radio, film and television, including in BAFTA and Olivier-nominated productions on stage and screen. He has directed professional actors and students in both the UK and the USA, often working 'in the round'. He has held teaching posts at the universities of Hull and Teesside, and at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. He maintains a strong research interest in post-war theatre historiography, and in the praxis of actor training.