Lessons: Truthful Human Behavior on Stage or Screen - Hardcover

Isbell, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1566082501 ISBN 13: 9781566082501

Publisher: Meriwether Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Tom Isbell wants you to know that this is definitely not a 'how-to' book on acting. This book is meant to improve your acting skills by developing your awareness as an actor - awareness both of yourself and those around you. By understanding what is worth pursuing, what is worth remembering, and what is worth letting go, you can acquire knowledge about acting which will increase your skill level. A series of 100 plain-speaking, highly readable lessons that convey the big and little truths of acting. Divided into 5 sections - Approach, Fundamentals, Classes and Rehearsals, Performance, and Final Lessons - Isbell presents this as a true acting book that focuses on allowing the natural artist to evolve, grow, mature, and find their own voice. If you're new to acting, these 100 lessons should help provide a foundation. If you've been acting for a while, these lessons should confirm what you already know deep within you, but perhaps haven't yet voiced.

About this title

About the Author

A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Tom Isbell spent ten years as a professional actor, acting opposite Robert DeNiro, Ed Harris, John Turturro, Sarah Jessica Parker, Anne Bancroft, and many others. As a playwright, he's had three of his plays produced by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Tom is also a professor of theatre at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and he is honored to have received four distinguished teaching awards. His debut novel, The Prey, was recently published by HarperCollins.

Edition details

• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566082501
• ISBN 13: 9781566082501
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216