Tackling Text [and Subtext]: a Step-By-Step Guide for Actors

Name: Tackling Text [and Subtext]: a Step-By-Step Guide for Actors
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ISBN: 9781854597991

ISBN-10: 185459799X

ISBN-13: 9781854597991

Edition: 2008

Authors: Barbara Houseman

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This is an intensely practical handbook for students, actors, and teachers on how to cope with text, character, and situation. Barbara Houseman's method is to state a precept and devise an exercise to explore it. The result is a book with a practical exercise on almost every page.

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Nick Hern Books, Limited
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



Acknowledgements



Introduction and Basics


Why Read This Book?: How This Book Can Help You


Where Do I Start?: The Basics


Are There Any Golden Rules?: The Three Connections



Text


What Do I Say and How Do I Say It?: Handling Modern Text


And How the Hell Do I Say This?: Handling Classical Text



Subtext


Who Am I?: Building Your Character


Where Am I and When?: Establishing Time and Place


What Do I Want?: Identifying Your Character's Objectives


What's Been Going on Before?: Fleshing Out the Back Story


What's Going on Now?: Exploring the Internal Dynamics of a Scene



Helpful Extras


How Do I Stop Sabotaging Myself?: Dealing with the Inner Critic


How Do I Share the Work Truthfully?: Transferring from Rehearsal to Performance


How Do I Convince Them?: Handling Auditions and Castings


What Do I Do When ...?: Troubleshooting


Conclusion


Appendices


And What About ...?: Extra Notes on Classical Text


And Where Will I Find That?: The Exercise Finder


Endnotes


Index