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OverviewThis work is a dynamic, practical, straightforward approach to the creative process of actor training. Combining principles of verbal and nonverbal communication with the basic tenets of Stanislavski's approach to acting, it includes a step-by-step guide for reading, analyzing, and preparing a text for performance. It also provides a template for rehearsing a sonnet, a soliloquy, and scenes from plays of Heightened Language ranging from Shakespeare, Moliere, and Congreve, to plays by Ibsen, Shaw, and Lynn Nottage. Using improvisation, games and exercises alongside a series of tools designed to illuminate and enhance the creative process, the book outlines the specific steps necessary to engage in the basic tenets of acting: overcoming obstacles and activating given circumstances by playing action-based objectives. Enlarging the field of study to include status, opposition, and releasing, as well as scansion and an emphasis on operative words and images, the actor emerges from this training process prepared to play any text, in any style, under any circumstance with confidence, ease, and a sense of joy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sabin EpsteinPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.10cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9781476688961ISBN 10: 1476688966 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 31 March 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationSabin Epstein is the former Conservatory co-director of the Advanced Training Program at the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco, former Head of Acting for Old Globe/University of San Diego MFA acting program, and former Head of Performance Skills for National Theatre Conservatory in Denver, CO. He was a Resident Director at ACT., Georgia Shakespeare Festival, A Noise Within in Los Angeles, and a guest director for the Juilliard and Guthrie Theatre acting training programs as well as a guest director at major regional theaters and elite training programs around the country. He lives in Denver, Colorado. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |