Respect for Acting

Name: Respect for Acting
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ISBN: 9780470228487

ISBN-10: 0470228482

ISBN-13: 9780470228487

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Uta Hagen, Haskel Frankel, David Hyde Pierce, Uta Hagen

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This fascinating and detailed book about acting is Miss Hagens credo, the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself and those she teaches, and an explanation of the means to the end. For those unable to avail themselves of her personal tutelage, her book is the best substitute. - Publishers Weekly Uta Hagens Respect for Acting is not only pitched on a high artistic level but it is full of homely, practical information by a superb craftswoman. An illuminating discussion of the standards and techniques of enlightened stage acting. - Brooks Atkinson Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/8/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments



The Actor


Introduction



Concept



Identity



Substitution



Emotional Memory



Sense Memory



The Five Senses



Thinking



Walking and Talking



Improvisation



Reality



The Object Exercises


Introduction



The Basic Object Exercise



Three Entrances



Immediacy



The Fourth Wall



Endowment



Talking to Yourself



Outdoors



Conditioning Forces



History



Character Action



The Play and the Role


Introduction



First Contact with the Play



The Character



Circumstances



Relationship



The Objective



The Obstacle



The Action



The Rehearsal



Practical Problems



Communication



Style


Epilogue


Index