Acting: An Introduction to the Art and Craft of Playing
Language: English
Published by Pearson, 2006
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- Title
- Acting: An Introduction to the Art and Craft of Playing
- Author
- Kassel, Paul
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0205440029
- ISBN 13
- 9780205440023
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Acting: An Introduction to the Art and Craft of Playing discusses both the theory and practice of acting while placing the actor center stage as the crucial artist in the theatre.
This text examines the underlying issues of acting and describes potential approaches to meet these challenges. Practical, experiential examples of applying the vocabulary are provided, but the book is not overloaded with exercises. The text identifies and clearly states the four fundamental actions and four basic tasks that form the basis for acting, focusing the student's energy for playing physically, vocally, imaginatively, and emotionally. Topically organized chapters examine the underlying processes and theories of the acting process through an open and descriptive approach and provide clear and concrete exercises to facilitate student development and understanding.
Features
- Provides a descriptive rather than prescriptive approach to the acting process, helping students develop and explore their understanding.
- Features two intermissions, “The Theatrical Illusion” and “A Warm-up,” at the conclusion of Part Two, providing a theoretical and practical summary that prepares students for working on the stage.
- Includes practical, experiential exercises throughout to facilitate students’ development of skills and understanding of how the acting process works.
- Provides analytical tools–such as outlines for text analysis, structural analysis (play and scene structure), and character analysis–to help students feel empowered to make their own choices regarding how, with what kind of material, and with whom they may work.
- Examines the role of emotion in the acting process, providing an effective and concrete discussion of how to utilize natural feelings that may arise in the process and of the controversies surrounding some common ideas in the field.
- Includes references to Web-based and traditional text resources throughout the book to support and expand on the ideas and exercises in each chapter and to help students further explore each topic.
Praise for Acting
Clearly, this writer is crafted and knows the “work.” Beautifully realized, and extremely useable. . . .
–George Maguire, Solano Community College
I like how simple, readable, and friendly the author seems. . . . So many acting books seem to draw attention to the author or system of learning. This text puts the emphasis on acting and performers.
–Marc Powers, University of South Florida
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