Audition

by SHURTLEFF, MICHAEL

• ISBN13: 9780553259797
• ISBN10: 0553259792
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1986-01-01
• Publisher: Bantam

Summary

Michael Shurtleff has been casting director for    Broadway shows like "Chicago" and    "Becket" and for films like "The    Graduate" and "Jesus Christ    Superstar." His legendary course on auditioning has    launched hundreds of successful careers. Now in this    book he tells the all-important HOW for all    aspiring actors, from the beginning student of acting to    the proven talent trying out for that    chance-in-a-million role!

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xv
Prologue	p. 1
Practical Aspects of the Audition	p. 9
The Twelve Guideposts	p. 33
Relationship	p. 33
What are You Fighting For? Conflict	p. 42
The Moment Before	p. 67
Humor	p. 74
Opposites	p. 77
Discoveries	p. 81
Communication and Competition	p. 87
Importance	p. 92
Find the Events	p. 105
Place	p. 114
Game Playing and Role Playing	p. 117
Mystery and Secret	p. 131
Consistency	p. 143
Some Things an Actor Needs to Know	p. 145
Monologues, Soliloquies, Style	p. 187
Pace	p. 195
Romance	p. 197
Musical Theatre	p. 201
Comedy	p. 207
Simplicity	p. 215
Observations from a Life in the Theatre	p. 217
Epilogue	p. 255
Index	p. 259
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