Acting - The Basics

This book is a dynamic response to recent societal and entertainment industry changes, focusing on inclusion, diversity and equity, and the actor's trajectory from training to rehearsal to performance on stage and screen.

List of contents

Introduction 1. 'Why act?': Some socio-cultural perspectives 2. 'The Player and the Instrument': Actor training 3. 'Systems and Methods': 20th-century innovators 4. 'Building a Character': Rehearsal processes 5. 'Expressing Your Creative Individuality': 21st-century practitioners 6. 'And ... Action!': Performance practices Epilogue

About the author

Bella Merlin is an actor, writer and Professor of Acting and Directing at the University of California, Riverside.

Summary

This book is a dynamic response to recent societal and entertainment industry changes, focusing on inclusion, diversity and equity, and the actor's trajectory from training to rehearsal to performance on stage and screen.

Product details

• Authors: Bella Merlin, Bella (Exeter University Merlin, Merlin Bella
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032212081
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221208-1
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: BASICS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Acting techniques