Acting Without Agony: An Alternative to the Method

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This practical, step-by-step guide is organized into 18 lessons for achieving outstanding performance in acting and directing. This text offers an alternative to the Stanislavsky "method" and teaches another way of arriving at emotions, which is described in detail throughout the text. MARKETS: Undergraduate and graduate courses in acting and directing.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780205113507
  • Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
  • Publication date: 4/1/1988
  • Pages: 194

Table of Contents

Illustrations
About This Edition
Foreword
Introduction to the Course 1
I What Is Acting? 15
II What Must I Think? 23
III Who Is My Character? 31
IV What Are Feelings? 39
V What My Body Remembers 49
VI Stretching My Emotional Range 55
VII Planning My Performance 63
VIII Going Beyond My Boundaries 73
IX What Kind of Play Is It? 81
X Mastering My Five Senses 91
XI Creating Experiences I've Never Had 99
XII Can I Play Comedy? 107
XIII Working with the Director 119
XIV Finding My Way on Stage 127
XV Can I Play Shakespeare? 145
XVI Acting for the Camera 159
XVII Solving Special Problems 167
XVIII Sharpening My Skills 177
Subject Index 187
Name Index 191
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