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9780679442493

True and False : Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor

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  • ISBN13:

    9780679442493

  • ISBN10:

    0679442499

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-10-01
  • Publisher: Pantheon Books

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Summary

In a bold, witty, and controversial work, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, director, and teacher David Mamet offers a blunt, irreverent, unsparingly honest guide to acting that overturns conventional truths and tells aspiring actors what they "really" need to know.

Table of Contents

To the Actor
3(2)
Some Thoughts
5(3)
Ancestor Worship
8(9)
A Generation That Would Like to Stay in School
17(6)
Scholarship
23(2)
Find Your Mark
25(9)
I'm on the Corner
34(3)
Business Is Business
37(7)
Auditions
44(8)
Paint by Numbers
52(3)
"Work"
55(5)
Oral Interpretation
60(4)
Helping the Play
64(3)
Acceptance
67(5)
The Rehearsal Process
72(3)
The Play and the Scene
75(2)
Emotions
77(5)
Action
82(4)
Guilt
86(7)
Concentration
93(5)
Talent
98(3)
Habit
101(4)
The Designated Hitter
105(4)
Performance and Character
109(4)
The Villain and the Hero
113(2)
Acting "As If"
115(6)
"They Once Walked Among Us"
121(2)
Eleven O'Clock Always Comes
123(2)
Meritocracy
125

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