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9780394744124

A Practical Handbook for the Actor

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  • ISBN13:

    9780394744124

  • ISBN10:

    0394744128

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1986-04-12
  • Publisher: Vintage

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Summary

6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.

Author Biography

Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek, Nathaniel Pollack, Robert Previto, and Scott Zigler are actors who worked with David Mamet and W. H. Macy at New York University and at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Members of the Practical Aesthetics Workshop, they helped found the Atlantic Theatre Company with Mamet and Macy in 1985.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ix(4)
DAVID MAMET
AUTHORS' NOTE xiii
The Job of the Actor 3(5)
Technique Outline 8(3)
Part One: The Technique 11(56)
1. Physical Action
13(6)
2. Analyzing a Scene
19(21)
3. The Truth of the Moment
40(8)
4. Externals
48(7)
5. Preparing for a Scene
55(4)
6. Troubleshooting
59(6)
7. The Tools of the Craft
65(2)
Part Two: Pitfalls (Working in the Real World) 67(20)
8. Introduction
69(2)
9. The Emotional Trap
71(3)
10. The Myth of Character
74(2)
11. Keeping the Theatre Clean
76(8)
12. Conclusion
84(3)
Glossary 87(2)
Appendix A 89(1)
Appendix B 90(1)
Appendix C 91(1)
Appendix D 92

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