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| Foreword to the Fifth Edition | |
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| Preface to the Fifth Edition | |
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| A Special Note to Female Performers and Readers | |
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| Acting: In Person Introduction to | |
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| Centering On Centering The Centering Process Moving with a Sense of Center Selective Readings | |
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| Sensing On Sensing Isolating the Senses | |
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| Sight Perception, Touch Perception, Smell Perception, Taste Perception, Hearing Perception Combining the Senses Selective Readings | |
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| Focusing On Focusing The Importance of Observation | |
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| Developing Skills in Observation Communion with the Self Communion with Physical Objects Communion with the Other Communion with the Imaginary Circles of Attention | |
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| Freeing On Freeing Sounding Sound and Movement Explorations Selective Readings | |
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| Speaking On Speaking On Being Heard On Projection Developing Skills Phrasing Context and Vocal Variety Definition of Terms | |
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| Pitch and Range, Inflection, Intensity, Rate or Tempo, Emphasis, Pause, Rhythm Vocal Variety in Context Selective Readings | |
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| Feeling and Doing On Feeling and Doing Selective Readings | |
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| Synthesizing Selecting a Scene from the Play Four Techniques to Prepare a Scene | |
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| Personalization and Character in a Scene, Motivation and Character in a Scene, Pantomimic Dramatization and Character in a Scene, Visualization and Character in a Scene Seven Steps to Heaven: A Simplified Approach to Preparing a Scene | |
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| The Seven Steps Standard Acting Terms | |
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| Acting Area, Acting Positions, Rehearsal Terms, Terms Related to Movement or Blocking A Last Comment Concerning Final Rehearsals and Performance of the Scene Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Actor Checklist Eclectic Selective Readings | |
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| Auditioning How to Audition Types of Auditions Selecting an Audition Piece Practical Suggestions The Callback Musical Theatre Auditions Cold Reading Agents, Contracts, and Unions The Interview Selective Readings | |
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| Rehearsing On Rehearsing The Steps of Role Analysis Selective Readings | |
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| Acting in Style Introduction to Part II | |
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| Classical Antiquity: Restraint Overview of Greek Tragedy | |
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| Voice Greek Tragedy, Movement Greek Tragedy, Music Greek Tragedy, Character and Emotion Greek Tragedy Overview of Satyr Comedy and Old Greek Comedy (Aristophanes) Voice Old Greek Comedy, Movement Old Greek Comedy, Character and Emotion Old Greek Comedy Transition | |
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| Roman and Medieval Drama | |
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| Roman Drama, Acting Roman Drama, Medieval Drama, Acting Medieval Drama Translators and Translations and Adaptions Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Additional Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Actor Checklist Greek Tragedy Actor Checklist old Greek Comedy Selective Readings Suggested Filmography Note | |
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| Commedia Dell''Arte: Regeneration Overview of Commedia Dell''Arte | |
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| Voice, Movement, Character and Emotion Transition | |
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| Tudor Drama | |
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| Acting Tudor Drama Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Actor Checklist Commedia Dell''Arte Suggested Readings Suggested Filmography | |
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| Elizabethan and Shakespearean Style: Virtuosity Overview of the English Renaissance in Theatre Shakespeare | |
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| The Man, The Theatre, The Art, The Acting | |
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| Voice, Gesture and Movement, Character and Emotion, Dance and Music Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Actor Checklist Elizabethan and Shakespearean Style Selective Readings Suggested Filmography Notes | |
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| Seventeenth-Century French Neoclassicism: Restraint Again Overview of French Neoclassicism (Seventeenth Century) | |
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| Voice French Neoclassic Tragedy, Movement French Neoclassic Tragedy, Character and Emotion French Neoclassic Tragedy, Voice French Neoclassic Comedy, Movement French Neoclassic Comedy, Character and Emotion French Neoclassic Comedy Music and Translations | |
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| French Neoclassicism Suggested Characters and Playsfor Scene Work Actor Checklist French Neoclassic Tragedy (Racine) Actor Checklist French Neoclassic Comedy (Moliere) Selective Readings Suggested Filmography | |
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| Restoration Comedy: Vitality Overview of Restoration Comedy | |
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| Voice, Movement, Character and Emotion Transition | |
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| Eighteenth-Century Sentimentalism and Nineteenth-Century Romanticism and Melodrama Movement toward Realism Acting in Romantic Plays and Melodramas Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Additional Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Actor Checklist Restoration Comedy Selective Readings Suggested Filmography Note | |
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| Realism and Naturalism: Selectivity and Photographic Detail Overview of Realism Overview of Naturalism | |
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| Voice, Movement, Character and Emotion Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Actor Checklist Realism and Naturalism Selective Readings Suggested Filmography | |
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| Early Twentieth-Century Nonrealism: Distortion-A New Reality Overview of Nonrealism | |
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| Voice, Movement, Character and Emotion Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Actor Checklist Early Twentieth-Century Nonrealism Selective Readings Suggested Filmography Note | |
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| Brecht and Epic Style: Didacticism Overview of Brecht Epic Theatre-From Illusion to Fact and Social Action | |
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| Asian Influence on Brecht, Voice, Movement, Character and Emotion Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Actor Checklist Brecht Epic Theatre Selective Readings Suggested Filmography | |
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| Absurd:Beyond Reason Overview of Existential, the Absurd | |
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| Voice, Movement, Character and Emotion Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Actor Checklist Absurd Selective Readings Suggested Filmography | |
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| Eclectic: Intermingling Overview of Eclectic | |
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| Voice, Movement, Character and Emotion Suggested Characters and Plays for Scene Work Actor Checklist Eclectic | |
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| Selective Readings | |
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| Suggested Filmography Note | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |