Essential acting : a practical handbook for actors, teachers and directors /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Panet, Brigid, 1948-
Other Authors: McHardy, Fiona
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Making a good start
  • Experiencing the three essentials
  • The magic 'if'
  • Exercises in immediate response
  • Acting skills, to be applied to rehearsal and performance
  • Status
  • Eye-gaze
  • Confidence, poise and balance
  • Meeting the play
  • Bringing the text to life
  • The actor's work on a character
  • Unstrung pearls
  • Breath
  • Playing the scene
  • Shakespeare's language
  • Handling Shakespeare's language
  • The four elements
  • Flow
  • Space
  • Time
  • Force
  • The eight Laban effort actions
  • Appendix: Some suggestions to help with drama-school auditions.