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An actor's work : a student's diary /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938
Other Authors: Benedetti, Jean
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Subjects:
Method acting.
Table of Contents:
  • Year one: Experiencing
  • An actor's work, introduction
  • Amateurism
  • The stage as art and stock-in-trade
  • Action, 'if', 'given circumstances'
  • Imagination
  • Concentration and attention
  • Muscular release
  • Bits and tasks
  • Belief and the sense of truth
  • Emotion memory
  • Communication
  • An actor's adaptations and other elements, qualities, aptitudes and gifts
  • Inner psychological drives
  • Inner psychological drives in action
  • The actor's inner creative state
  • The supertask, throughaction
  • The subconscious and the actor's creative state
  • Year two: Embodiment
  • Transition to physical embodiment
  • Physical education
  • Voice and speech
  • Perspective of the actor and the role
  • Tempo-rhythm
  • Logic and sequence
  • Physical characteristics
  • The finishing touches
  • Charisma
  • Ethics and discipline
  • The external creative state in performance
  • General creative state in performance
  • The 'system'.