| A Practical Handbook for the Actor Contributor(s): Bruder, Melissa (Author), Cohn, Lee Michael (Author), Olnek, Madeleine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0394744128 ISBN-13: 9780394744124 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1986 Annotation: 6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Acting & Auditioning - Performing Arts | Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography - Performing Arts | Business Aspects |
| Dewey: 792.028 |
| LCCN: 85040875 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (0.25 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This simple and essential book about the craft of acting describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. H. Macy, and director Gregory Mosher. A Practical Handbook for the Actor is written for any actor who has ever experienced the frustrations of acting classes that lacked clarity and objectivity, and that failed to provide a dependable set of tools. An actor's job, the authors state, is to find a way to live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances of the play. The ways in which an actor can attain that truth form the substance of this eloquent book. |