Telling Stories A Grand Unifying Theory of Acting Techniques

Name: Telling Stories A Grand Unifying Theory of Acting Techniques
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ISBN: 9781575255651

ISBN-10: 1575255650

ISBN-13: 9781575255651

Edition: 2008

Authors: Mark Rafael

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Telling Stories: The Grand Unified Theory of Acting Techniques is a guidebook that clearly describes the origins of actor training and takes readers inside the techniques that allow an actor to fully inhabit a character. It is an essential resource for students, professionals, and teachers of acting as well as a primer for those looking to understand the evolution of modern acting theory. It reveals the influence and importance of some of theaters seminal figures by placing acting techniques into an overall perspective. In addition to detailing the history and the context of acting theories, the book provides numerous exercises that illustrate and supply a physical understanding of each…

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Smith & Kraus Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Telling Stories	p. 1
How Did We Get Here?	p. 3
A New Paradigm Arises	p. 13
How It Works	p. 17
Storytelling and Character	p. 22
Analytic	p. 24
Textual Orthodoxy	p. 25
Imaginative	p. 25
Presentational	p. 25
Observational	p. 26
The Structure of the Story	p. 28
Action Structure	p. 30
Other Structures	p. 33
Techniques	p. 35
In Class	p. 42
Starting Off	p. 43
Platform 1: Improvisation, Keith Johnstone	p. 56
Platform 2: Constantin Stanislavski	p. 79
Platform 3: Michael Chekhov	p. 93
Platform 4: Monologues	p. 107
Platform 5: Lee Strasberg	p. 110
Platform 6: Sanford Meisner	p. 119
Platform 7: Bertolt Brecht	p. 128
Platform 8: Scene Work	p. 135
Platform 9: Monologue Rehearsal and Performance	p. 137
Other Voices	p. 141
Stella Adler	p. 141
F. M. Alexander	p. 142
Antonin Artaud	p. 142
Augusto Boal	p. 143
Anne Bogart	p. 143
Peter Brook	p. 144
Robert Brustein	p. 145
Jacques Copeau	p. 145
Richard Foreman	p. 146
Jerzy Grotowski	p. 146
Uta Hagen	p. 148
Rudolf Laban	p. 148
Vsevolod Meyerhold	p. 149
Viola Spolin	p. 150
Tadashi Suzuki	p. 150
Yevgeny Vakhtangou	p. 151
Commedia Dell'Arte	p. 151
The Living Theatre	p. 152
Telling Classical Stories	p. 153
Know What You're Saying	p. 154
Iambic Pentameter	p. 156
Speak Up	p. 157
Not All Words Are Created Equal	p. 158
Rhetoric	p. 160
Variety Is the Spice of Life	p. 162
Breath and Form	p. 164
A Brief Model for a Shakespeare Curriculum	p. 165
Telling New Stories	p. 174
Telling Stories: Where We Are Now	p. 178
Notes	p. 184
Bibliography	p. 191
Acknowledgments	p. 195
About the Author	p. 197
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