The Actor as Storyteller: An Introduction to Acting
by Miller, Bruce J.Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-07-02
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary
This introductory acting text emphasizes the actor's responsibility to tell the story of the play. Through an engaging presentation of anecdotes and techniques, including more than 100 exercises, this text teaches beginning actors their craft as it casts them in the role of storytellers in service of the script. A complete play,Rules of Love, by Joe Pintauro, is included.
Table of Contents
PART I. BACKGROUND 1. Why the Theatre to Study Acting? 2. What Is Theatre? 3. Stage Acting and Film Acting: Same Game, Different Surface 4. Inside Out, Outside In: From Stanislavski to Strasberg PART II. ADVANCING THE STORY 5. The Actor in Service of the Script 6. Given Circumstances and Playing the Action 7. Acting with Conflict 8. Finding and Playing Objectives 9. Listening and Staying In the Moment 10. Interpreting and Using Dialogue 11. Working with People, Places, and Things PART III. APPLYING THE TOOLS 12. Script Analysis: A Blueprint for Storytelling 13. Rehearsing the Scene: Preparing for the First Read 14. Rehearsing the Scene: Blocking and Working It 15. Using the Words: Discovering and Telling the Story 16. Theatrical Conventions and Style 17. Criticism PART IV. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 18. Auditioning 19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
2. What Is Theatre? 3. Stage Acting and Film Acting: Same Game, Different Surface 4. Inside Out, Outside In: From Stanislavski to Strasberg PART II. ADVANCING THE STORY 5. The Actor in Service of the Script 6. Given Circumstances and Playing the Action 7. Acting with Conflict 8. Finding and Playing Objectives 9. Listening and Staying In the Moment 10. Interpreting and Using Dialogue 11. Working with People, Places, and Things PART III. APPLYING THE TOOLS 12. Script Analysis: A Blueprint for Storytelling 13. Rehearsing the Scene: Preparing for the First Read 14. Rehearsing the Scene: Blocking and Working It 15. Using the Words: Discovering and Telling the Story 16. Theatrical Conventions and Style 17. Criticism PART IV. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 18. Auditioning 19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
4. Inside Out, Outside In: From Stanislavski to Strasberg PART II. ADVANCING THE STORY 5. The Actor in Service of the Script 6. Given Circumstances and Playing the Action 7. Acting with Conflict 8. Finding and Playing Objectives 9. Listening and Staying In the Moment 10. Interpreting and Using Dialogue 11. Working with People, Places, and Things PART III. APPLYING THE TOOLS 12. Script Analysis: A Blueprint for Storytelling 13. Rehearsing the Scene: Preparing for the First Read 14. Rehearsing the Scene: Blocking and Working It 15. Using the Words: Discovering and Telling the Story 16. Theatrical Conventions and Style 17. Criticism PART IV. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 18. Auditioning 19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
5. The Actor in Service of the Script 6. Given Circumstances and Playing the Action 7. Acting with Conflict 8. Finding and Playing Objectives 9. Listening and Staying In the Moment 10. Interpreting and Using Dialogue 11. Working with People, Places, and Things PART III. APPLYING THE TOOLS 12. Script Analysis: A Blueprint for Storytelling 13. Rehearsing the Scene: Preparing for the First Read 14. Rehearsing the Scene: Blocking and Working It 15. Using the Words: Discovering and Telling the Story 16. Theatrical Conventions and Style 17. Criticism PART IV. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 18. Auditioning 19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
7. Acting with Conflict 8. Finding and Playing Objectives 9. Listening and Staying In the Moment 10. Interpreting and Using Dialogue 11. Working with People, Places, and Things PART III. APPLYING THE TOOLS 12. Script Analysis: A Blueprint for Storytelling 13. Rehearsing the Scene: Preparing for the First Read 14. Rehearsing the Scene: Blocking and Working It 15. Using the Words: Discovering and Telling the Story 16. Theatrical Conventions and Style 17. Criticism PART IV. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 18. Auditioning 19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
9. Listening and Staying In the Moment 10. Interpreting and Using Dialogue 11. Working with People, Places, and Things PART III. APPLYING THE TOOLS 12. Script Analysis: A Blueprint for Storytelling 13. Rehearsing the Scene: Preparing for the First Read 14. Rehearsing the Scene: Blocking and Working It 15. Using the Words: Discovering and Telling the Story 16. Theatrical Conventions and Style 17. Criticism PART IV. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 18. Auditioning 19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
11. Working with People, Places, and Things PART III. APPLYING THE TOOLS 12. Script Analysis: A Blueprint for Storytelling 13. Rehearsing the Scene: Preparing for the First Read 14. Rehearsing the Scene: Blocking and Working It 15. Using the Words: Discovering and Telling the Story 16. Theatrical Conventions and Style 17. Criticism PART IV. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 18. Auditioning 19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
12. Script Analysis: A Blueprint for Storytelling 13. Rehearsing the Scene: Preparing for the First Read 14. Rehearsing the Scene: Blocking and Working It 15. Using the Words: Discovering and Telling the Story 16. Theatrical Conventions and Style 17. Criticism PART IV. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 18. Auditioning 19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
14. Rehearsing the Scene: Blocking and Working It 15. Using the Words: Discovering and Telling the Story 16. Theatrical Conventions and Style 17. Criticism PART IV. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 18. Auditioning 19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
16. Theatrical Conventions and Style 17. Criticism PART IV. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 18. Auditioning 19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
PART IV. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER 18. Auditioning 19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
19. Defining the Role 20. Developing the Role: The Rehearsal Process 21. What You Need to Succeed
21. What You Need to Succeed
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