Acting is Believing: A Basic Method

Appropriate for any course in which students learn the basic principles of stage performance and acting, the Seventh Edition of this classic text builds on the strengths of the previous editions. Drawing on a wide range of dramatic materials, the author uses the Stanislavski method of acting as a unifying concept in the book.

Preface

v

PART 1: PRELIMINARIES

1

(26)

Training Your Talent: An Introduction

2

(12)

Learning the Lingo

14

(13)

PART 2: THE ACTOR ALONE

27

(102)

Discovering the Physical Actions

28

(17)

Finding a Purpose

45

(17)

Taking It Easy

62

(11)

Directing Your Attention

73

(13)

Seeing Things

86

(16)

Relating to Things---External Stimuli

102

(13)

Relating to Things---Internal Stimuli

115

(14)

PART 3: THE ACTOR AND THE PLAY

129

(88)

Getting into the Part

130

(11)

Getting into Character

141

(15)

Getting into the Play

156

(16)

Interpreting the Lines

172

(27)

Communicating the Lines

199

(18)

PART 4: THE ACTOR AND THE PRODUCTION

217

(24)

Auditioning for the Play

218

(8)

Show Time! Rehearsing and Performing

226

(15)

APPENDIX: Hello Out There

241

(13)

William Saroyan

Bibliography

254

(6)

Theatres and Groups

260

(3)

Index

263

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Acting is Believing: A Basic Method

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