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Acting

Book by John Harrop; Routledge, 1992

Subjects:

Acting--Study And Teaching

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Acting While all value judgements about the arts are problematical, there does seem to be a special problem with acting. Everyone seems to be able to act. It seems to be the easiest...the easier it seems. This book examines how we think of acting, the language we use, and the criteria we employ to distinguish...
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Secrets of Screen Acting

Book by John Stamp, Patrick Tucker; Routledge, 2003

Subjects:

Motion Picture Acting--Vocational Guidance, Television Acting--Vocational Guidance

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Addresses recent changes in digital technologyHumorous and conversational writing style makes lessons accessibleIncludes exercises that help beginners and experts alike
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Playwrights and Acting: Acting Methodologies for Brecht, Ionesco, Pinter, and Shepard

Book by James H. McTeague; Greenwood Press, 1994

Subjects:

Acting, Drama, Theater--Production And Direction

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This book analyzes the acting aesthetic of Brecht, Ionesco, Pinter, and Shepard and presents a detailed methodological approach to the performance of their plays. The originality of the book lies in the systematic and critical analysis of both the process of preparing a role and the shifting ...
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This book analyzes the acting aesthetic of Brecht, Ionesco, Pinter, and Shepard and presents a detailed methodological approach to the performance of their plays. The originality of the book lies in the systematic and critical analysis of both the process of preparing a role and the shifting assumptions on matters essential for a coherent acting methodology for each playwright. The book is distinctive in that it focuses almost exclusively on the playwrights' published remarks concerning the theatre and acting, supplemented with observations by actors and directors who were close collaborators with the playwrights on productions.
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Reinventing Drama: Acting, Iconicity, Performance

Book by Bruce G. Shapiro; Greenwood Press, 1999

Subjects:

Acting--Philosophy, Acting--Psychological Aspects

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This book draws together critical and literary theories and neuropsychology to provide a new artistic process for dramatic performance called iconicity. The premise of iconicity is that in dramatic performance actors use the same neural architecture that people use in their daily lives to execute ...
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This book draws together critical and literary theories and neuropsychology to provide a new artistic process for dramatic performance called iconicity. The premise of iconicity is that in dramatic performance actors use the same neural architecture that people use in their daily lives to execute events. The core of this neural architecture is the brain's capacitiy for internally generating, reduplicating, storing, and triggering imagery. The process of iconicity draws on the actor's use of this mental capacity. This book explores the principles of iconicity and develops them as a process for acting and staging dramatic performances. The first part of the book provides a theoretical explanation of iconicity. It offers a redefinition of acting and includes an examination of the ideology of acting and the role emotion plays in acting. The second part of the book is practically oriented. It explains dramatic structure in relation to iconicity, and it defines the four strands of the process: events, dialogue, interactions, and performance.
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Acting Lessons for Teachers: Using Performance Skills in the Classroom

Book by Robert T. Tauber, Cathy Sargent Mester; Praeger, 1994

Subjects:

Acting--Study And Teaching, Communication In Education, Teachers--Training Of

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Teachers find themselves competing with high-powered media to win the attention and interest of students. Many are adopting a variety of performance skills to reach, hold, and convey information to a diverse and demanding audience. Tauber and Mester stress the essential qualities that make up a good ...
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Teachers find themselves competing with high-powered media to win the attention and interest of students. Many are adopting a variety of performance skills to reach, hold, and convey information to a diverse and demanding audience. Tauber and Mester stress the essential qualities that make up a good teacher/actor: deep familiarity and understanding of the subject matter, use of a battery of communication skills, enthusiasm for the subject matter, and evidenced love of the art and craft of teaching/learning. Lessons taught involve the use of physical and vocal animation, classroom humor, space, teacher role-playing, props, suspense, and surprise. Each lesson contains actual examples and scripts with testimony as to their effectiveness by award-winning college faculty. An entertaining and effective manual for all levels of teachers, sure to inspire clever and effective new ways of teaching and learning.
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Acting Out: Method Acting, the National Culture, and the Middlebrow Disposition in Cold War America

Journal article by Marianne Conroy; Criticism, Vol. 35, 1993

Subjects:

A Streetcar Named Desire (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Cold War--Social aspects, Method (Acting)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Acting out: method acting, the national culture, and the middlebrow disposition in Cold War America...personally expressive approach to realist performance called Method acting had penetrated American popular consciousness over the nine years since...
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Stage Fright: Alfred Hitchcock's Fear of Acting

Journal article by John Fawell; Film Criticism, Vol. 26, 2001

Subjects:

Acting--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Hitchcock, Alfred--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Stage Fright (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...Stage fright: Alfred Hitchcocks fear of acting. by John Fawell Stage Fright...Fright some clever play on the role of acting both in the theater and in real life...The film represents a rich commentary on acting--acting in the theater, acting in real...
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That Old Saw: Early Modern Acting and the Infinite Regress

Journal article by Paul Menzer; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 22, 2004

Subjects:

Acting--History, Elizabethan drama--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

That Old Saw: Early Modern Acting and the Infinite Regress. by...critical discussions of actors and acting on the Elizabethan stage are not even...are talking about when we talk about acting. One critic bewails the lack of "comparative...
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Mastering Shakespeare: An Acting Class in Seven Scenes

Journal article by Jacalyn Royce; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 22, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Mastering Shakespeare: An Acting Class in Seven Scenes (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Mastering Shakespeare: An Acting Class in Seven Scenes. by Jacalyn Royce Mastering Shakespeare: An Acting Class in Seven Scenes. By Scott Kaiser...co-directed with Libby Appel, showcased an acting approach that enables moment-by-moment...
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Acting Naturally: Victorian Theatricality and Authenticity

Journal article by Cheri L. Larsen Hoeckley; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 54, 2005

Subjects:

Acting Naturally: Victorian Theatricality and Authenticity (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

Acting Naturally: Victorian Theatricality and Authenticity. by Cheri L. Larsen Hoeckley Acting Naturally: Victorian Theatricality and Authenticity. By...awareness of Christian pedagogical concerns and impulses in Acting Naturally might be explained by Voskuils Bachelors degree...

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Shaping the Independent Actor: 8 Master Acting Teachers Investigate the Crucial Balance between Classroom Rigor and Personal Discovery

Magazine article by Ellen Orenstein; American Theatre, Vol. 25, January 2008

Subjects:

Acting teachers, Drama teachers

Collections: Entire Library

...Shaping the Independent Actor: 8 Master Acting Teachers Investigate the Crucial Balance...interviews with eight extraordinary teachers of acting. I was initially interested in simply...and far-reaching: what it means to teach acting--to train American actors beyond technique...
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Can You Learn Acting from a Book? A Survey of the Acting-Manual Genre-And of Working Actors-Tries to Answer an Intriguing Question

Magazine article by Gerald Freedman; American Theatre, Vol. 24, May-June 2007

Subjects:

Acting: Advanced Techniques for the Actor, Director and Teacher (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Living on Stage: Acting from the Inside Out: A Practical Process (Book)--Book reviews, The Actor's Way: Journey of Self-discovery in Letters (Book)--Book reviews, The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor (Book)--Book reviews, Tips II: More Ideas for Actors (Book)--Book reviews, Truth: Personas, Needs, and Flaws in the Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters (Book)--Book reviews

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Can You Learn Acting from a Book? A Survey of the Acting-Manual Genre-And of Working Actors-Tries to Answer an Intriguing Question. by Gerald Freedman Acting: Advanced Techniques for the Actor, Director and Teacher...
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How to Act Better: A Survey of Five Manuals Exposes the Deeper Mysteries of Acting-And Those Who Preach Its Precepts

Magazine article by John Istel; American Theatre, Vol. 25, January 2008

Subjects:

Acting Teachers of America: A Vital Tradition (Book)--Book reviews, An Actor's Work: A Student's Diary (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Notes to an Actor (Book)--Book reviews, The Ten Commandments of Theater: The Gospel According to Stanislavski for Young Actors (Book)--Book reviews, Why Is That So Funny?: A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy (Book)--Book reviews

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...Manuals Exposes the Deeper Mysteries of Acting-And Those Who Preach Its Precepts...pp, $24.95 cloth. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED ACTING TEACHERS OF AMERICA: A VITAL TRADITION...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Really bad, bad acting seems to be all the rage. You could say...
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A Sort of Religion: Michael Chekhov's Classic Book on Acting Spurs a Revival of His Provocative Technique

Magazine article by Marian Seldes; American Theatre, Vol. 20, July 2003

Subjects:

Actors, Actresses, Checkhov, Michael--Appreciation, Checkhov, Michael--Family, Checkhov, Michael--Influence, Checkhov, Michael--Works, To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting (Book)--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Religion: Michael Chekhovs Classic Book on Acting Spurs a Revival of His Provocative Technique...TO THE ACTOR: ON THE TECHNIQUE OF ACTING by Michael Chekhov, with a foreword by...YEARS AGO I READ A FASCINATING book about acting by Michael Chekhov. I was a young actress...
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Three Green-Eyed Monsters: Acting as Applied Criticism in Shakespeare's 'Othello.'

Magazine article by Geoffrey Bent; The Antioch Review, Vol. 56, Summer 1998

Subjects:

Acting--Usage, Actors--Criticism and interpretation, Hermeneutics--Usage, Othello (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William, Theatrical production

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Three Green-Eyed Monsters: Acting as Applied Criticism in Shakespeares...fright wigs. But, as a hermeneutic, acting shares many of the virtues of scholarship...precarious dramatic balance to hold. As an acting vehicle, Othello gives the strongest...

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Acting Appointments Fill Leadership for D.C. Fire; 7 of 15 Top Officials Temporary

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 29, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Acting Appointments Fill Leadership for D.C. Fire; 7 of 15 Top...uniformed positions being filled by officers serving in an acting capacity. Both of the departments assistant chief positions...to that of fire Chief Adrian H. Thompsons, are filled by acting officers. Five of the 12 deputy chief positions, which...
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Former Soap Star Gives Different View of Acting

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 15, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Former Soap Star Gives Different View of Acting. Byline: Eileen O. Daday For years...resident - John Loprieno is returning to his acting roots, on stage at Harper College. While...exercise last week, Loprieno wanted his Acting II students to listen to what their fellow...
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Allen Dizon's First Acting Award Means Goodbye to His Sexy Image

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 27, 2007

Subjects:

Motion picture actors and actresses--Achievements and awards, Motion pictures--Achievements and awards, Movie actors--Achievements and awards, Movies--Achievements and awards

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Allen Dizons First Acting Award Means Goodbye to His Sexy Image...Allen Dizon. Now after bagging his first acting award after 10 years in showbiz, he is...that whats lacking in his career was an acting award. "I was blessed with movie and...
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The Permanent Acting Assistant Secretary

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 30, 1997

Subjects:

Lee, Bill Lann

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

The permanent acting assistant secretary Bill Lann Lee...rights, is in the job nonetheless - as "acting" head of the Justice Departments civil...expected that Mr. Lee will remain the "acting" civil rights chief until the end of President...
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I Want Kids to Have Chances I Missed out on; as Paul Nicholas Opens His Own School of Acting in Liverpool Tomorrow, Janet Tansley Talks to Him about a Role That's Close to His Heart

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), September 3, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Paul Nicholas Opens His Own School of Acting in Liverpool Tomorrow, Janet Tansley...spawned a hugely successful singing and acting career, a thriving theatre production company and, now, a collection of acting schools. "My parents never gave me...

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Acting

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ACTING the representation of a usually fictional character on stage or in films. At its highest levels of accomplishment acting involves the employment of technique and/or an imaginative...projection and enunciation and in body movement. Evolution of Acting In the ancient Greek theater, acting was stylized; indeed...
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Adler, Stella

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1901 92, American actress, director, and acting teacher, b. New York City. The daughter...New Yorks Yiddish theater, she made her acting debut in 1906 in one of her fathers productions...the use of imagination as the basis of acting technique. After a stint (1937 42) in...
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Theater

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...scenery and lighting, makeup, costumes, acting, and actors. Ancient Greece Theater...place to place in a prescribed order. Acting took place either on the platforms, in...machinery. With the shift to the streets, acting was transferred from the priesthood to...
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Pressure

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...in mechanics, ratio of the force acting on a surface to the area of the surface; it is thus distinct from the total force acting on a surface. A force can be applied to...more convenient to describe the forces acting on and within fluids in terms of pressure...
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Scene Design and Stage Lighting

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Asian drama ; theater ; directing ; acting . Ancient Greece The Greek open-air...the invisible "fourth wall" forced the acting area to be located behind the proscenium...made to integrate these elements with the acting, movement, and text of the play. Bibliography...

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