Playing the Audience: The Practical Actor's Guide to Live PerformanceApplause, 2002 - 257 Seiten In this book divided into eight chapters, author James Nicola reveals how the technique of live acting springs directly from the unique relationship between the performer and the spectator. Playing the Audience includes advice on: creating a character from the stage - from external gestures to inner dialogue; scoring the text; subtext; emotional memory; substitution; conflict; objectives; through-line of action; improvisation; blocking a scene; language and speech; connecting to the world of the play; and much more. |
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... choices for gesture : involve your character taking action ; require another character to react ; move the play forward ; help take the audience through that forward motion , or at least through what the character is experiencing ; and ...
... choices for gesture : involve your character taking action ; require another character to react ; move the play forward ; help take the audience through that forward motion , or at least through what the character is experiencing ; and ...
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... choices is something at character truly would never do . Occasionally rehearsal hits an impasse and choices need to be voiced , but otherwise : Actors ' secrets work best when kept secret . Adjustments , like those for Hedda , should ...
... choices is something at character truly would never do . Occasionally rehearsal hits an impasse and choices need to be voiced , but otherwise : Actors ' secrets work best when kept secret . Adjustments , like those for Hedda , should ...
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... choices that clash with the script . Certainly " playing an opposite ” is a valu- able experiment , and when ... choice may be suggested by the text : if , when you exit , another character says , “ What's wrong with your butler ...
... choices that clash with the script . Certainly " playing an opposite ” is a valu- able experiment , and when ... choice may be suggested by the text : if , when you exit , another character says , “ What's wrong with your butler ...
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Playing the Audience: The Practical Actor's Guide to Live Performance James B. Nicola Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2002 |
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