The Actor And The Text

Author: Cicely Berry
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0753547341
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, is world-famous for her voice teaching. The Actor and the Text is her classic book, distilled from years of working with actors of the highest calibre.

Voice And The Actor

Author: Cicely Berry
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0753546922
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
Voice and the Actor is the first classic work by Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and world-famous voice teacher. Encapsulating her renowned method of teaching voice production, the exercises in this straightforward, no-nonsense guide will develop relaxation, breathing and muscular control - without which no actor or speaker can achieve their full potential. Illustrated with passages used in Cicely Berry's own teaching, Voice and the Actor is the essential first step towards speaking a text with truth and meaning. Inspiring and practical, her words will be a revelation for beginner and professional alike.

Text In Action

Author: Cicely Berry
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0753546949
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Following on from the widely acclaimed The Actor and the Text - which was addressed directly to the actor - Text in Action is drawn from Cicely's group work experiences, encompassing the viewpoint of the director as well. To begin with, the author explores language from a cultural and personal perspective. In these days of management jargon and internet technology are we losing touch with the ability to communicate fully?' Is the deeper imaginative world being left unexpressed? The main body of the book contains detailed, practical exercises for actors and directors during the rehearsal process. All exercises will be tied to specific scenes, leading to a fuller exploration of the rext. Text In Action analyses the imagery of plays, speech structures, the physicality of language and emphasises the importance of finding a collective voice. Cicely's guidance on the matter of voice will help actors find relationships and situations through the text in a unique way, in order to make it more dynamic and creative.

Freeing Shakespeare's Voice

Author: Kristin Linklater
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559366389
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
A passionate exploration of the process of comprehending and speaking the words of William Shakespeare. Detailing exercises and analyzing characters' speech and rhythms, Linklater provides the tools to increase understanding and make Shakespeare's words one's own.

The Actor and His Text

Author: Cicely Berry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 285

Book Description

The Actor and the Target

Author: Declan Donnellan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781559362856
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 287

Book Description

Shakespeare's Clown

Author: David Wiles
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521673341
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Focusing on the clown Will Kemp, this book shows how Shakespeare and other dramatists wrote specific roles as vehicles for him.

Playing the Audience

Author: James B. Nicola
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557834928
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
(Applause Books). In this book divided into eight chapters, author James Nicola reveals how the technique of live acting springs directly from the unique relationship between the performer and the spectator. Playing the Audience includes advice on: creating a character from the stage from external gestures to inner dialogue; scoring the text; subtext; emotional memory; substitution; conflict; objectives; through-line of action; improvisation; blocking a scene; language and speech; connecting to the world of the play; and much more.

Acting in Film

Author: Michael Caine
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1476842752
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 153

Book Description
(Applause Books). A master actor who's appeared in an enormous number of films, starring with everyone from Nicholson to Kermit the Frog, Michael Caine is uniquely qualified to provide his view of making movies. This revised and expanded edition features great photos, with chapters on: Preparation, In Front of the Camera Before You Shoot, The Take, Characters, Directors, On Being a Star, and much more. "Remarkable material ... A treasure ... I'm not going to be looking at performances quite the same way ... FASCINATING!" Gene Siskel

The Actor's Checklist

Author: Rosary O'Neill
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781133308652
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Based on the Constantin Stanislavki method of acting, THE ACTOR'S CHECKLIST examines Stanislavki's eight principles in an easily understood checklist format. This exciting acting guide also includes insights from other famous acting teachers, including Uta Hagen, Sanford Meisner, Lee Strasberg, Michael Chekov, and Stella Adler. Providing techniques for use in both classroom and production situations, this edition features new chapters on time, place, and history, as well as a new appendix that covers movement and vocal warmups.