Acting is Believing (with InfoTrac)

Part I: THE ACTOR. 1. Training Your Talent. 2. Discovering the Physical Actions. 3. Finding a Purpose. 4. Approaching the Creative State. 5. Directing Your Attention. 6. Seeing Things. 7. Relating to Things External Stimuli. 8. Relating to Things Internal Stimuli. Part II: THE ACTOR AND THE PLAY. 9. Creating a Character. 10. Expressing the Super-Objective. 11. Interpreting the Lines. 12. Communicating the Lines. Part III: THE ACTOR AND THE PRODUCTION. 13. Getting the Job. 14. Show Time! Rehearsing and Performing. Appendix A: Scene Study for Undergraduate Actors. Appendix B: Theatre Resources. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

Preface

ix

PART I: The Actor

1

(138)

Training Your Talent

3

(14)

Acting with Professional Competence

7

(6)

Exploring Your Resources

13

(4)

Discovering the Physical Actions

17

(20)

Committing Yourself to Action

21

(3)

Believing Your Actions on Stage

24

(1)

Sustaining Belief

25

(2)

Solo Improvisation

27

(1)

Making a Score of Physical Actions

28

(9)

Finding a Purpose

37

(24)

Stating the Objective

40

(2)

Doing, Not Being

42

(4)

Working against an Obstacle

46

(3)

Expectation and Adaptation

49

(3)

Nonverbal Group Improvisation

52

(4)

Verbal Group Improvisation

56

(5)

Approaching the Creative State

61

(18)

Training the Body

63

(1)

Relaxing through Justification

64

(2)

About Inhibitions

66

(1)

The Creative State

67

(12)

Directing Your Attention

79

(14)

Concentrating on Action

82

(2)

Concentrating on Other Actors

84

(2)

Making an Action of Speech

86

(7)

Seeing Things

93

(16)

Observing People

98

(3)

Adapting Observations through the Imagination

101

(2)

Observing Animals and Objects

103

(6)

Relating to Things---External Stimuli

109

(12)

Relating to Other Actors

116

(5)

Relating to Things---Internal Stimuli

121

(18)

Relating to Past Experiences

123

(7)

Relating to Images

130

(9)

PART II: The Actor and the Play

139

(82)

Creating a Character

141

(19)

Penetrating the Script

143

(1)

Identifying the Motivating Force

144

(2)

Constructing ``Your'' Autobiography

146

(2)

Autobiographical Worksheet

148

(2)

Nurturing the Character

150

(2)

Uncovering the Units of Action

152

(3)

Incorporating the Second Plan

155

(1)

Finding the Outer Form

155

(5)

Expressing the Super-Objective

160

(12)

Finding the Super-Objective

162

(4)

Assuming a Dual Personality

166

(4)

Summary

170

(2)

Interpreting the Lines

172

(27)

Exploring the Subtext

174

(4)

Finding the Verbal Action

178

(2)

Relating the Lines to the Motivating Force

180

(1)

Relating the Lines to the Super-Objective

181

(3)

Believing the Character's Manner of Speaking

184

(5)

Motivating the Longer Speech

189

(10)

Communicating the Lines

199

(22)

Understanding the Words

200

(3)

Handling the Sentence

203

(2)

Building a Progression

205

(3)

Thinking Antithetically

208

(2)

Sharing the Imagery

210

(11)

PART III: The Actor and the Production

221

(36)

Getting the Job

223

(17)

Understanding the Business of Acting

225

(7)

Preparing for the Audition

232

(3)

Auditioning

235

(5)

Show Time! Rehearsing and Performing

240

(17)

Finding the Meaning

241

(2)

Developing the Character

243

(1)

Creating and Refining the Form

244

(3)

Making Technical Adjustments

247

(1)

Polishing the Performance

247

(3)

Working at Rehearsals

250

(2)

Working at Home

252

(1)

Playing the Part

252

(5)

Appendix A Suggested Plays for Undergraduate Scene Study

257

(6)

Appendix B Theatre Resources

263

(6)

Glossary

269

(12)

Bibliography

281

(8)

Index

289

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