| Description |
xviii, 362 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Made simple books |
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Made Simple Books.
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| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Acting and living -- 2. Attitudes and approaches -- 3. Concentration and absorption -- 4. Imagination -- 5. The senses -- 6. Improvisation -- 7. Breathing and relaxation -- 8. Voice and speech -- 9. Body and movement -- 10. Working on a text - I -- 11. Working on a text - II -- 12. Working on text - III -- 13. Working on a text - IV -- 14. Working with a partner -- 15. Working with a group -- 16. The director -- 17. Rehearsals -- 18. The stage -- 19. Design -- 20. Music and sound -- 21. Drama with young people -- 22. Festivals -- 23. Auditions and examinations -- Appendixes |
| Summary |
"Drama means action. Since there is no action without equal and opposite reaction, drama also means conflict - action, reaction and interaction in the doing of life. Life, as we know it, means experiencing and communicating. Drama selects what is meaningful and presents it with style. It can be defined, therefore, as the imaginative communication of significant experience. It may make us laugh, cry, think or, indeed, all three at the same time. Above all it sets out to make us respond and, by practice, to become more responsive in general. This book invites you to respond. Drama is essentially practical with an endless variety of forms, and the best way to learn about it is to do it - by seeing plays or performing plays; by joining a group or a class or by doing examples and exercises of the kind described in this book. While the book is designed as a personal guide for the non-professional - during training, rehearsal and in performance - it can also be used in conjunction with, or as a basis for, group training in schools, colleges and further education classes, as well as for mixed, all-women and youth drama groups and companies. It provides valuable material and exercises for students proposing to take examinations in speech or drama leading to such qualifications as A.D.B., L.R.A.M., L.G.S.M. and so on. This book does not offer a package-holiday-type guided tour of drama and theatre. It may have some of the elements of a catalogue and suggest some particular tickets or special vehicles but, more importantly, it sets out to describe the terrain; to explain some basic map-reading techniques and to erect the occasional signpost. The journey of exploration and discovery must be taken alone. This book is intended to start you on that journey." -- preface |
| Analysis |
Amateur theatre Manuals |
| Notes |
Second edition published in 1977 under title: Acting: an introduction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-344) and index |
| Subject |
Acting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Acting.
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Amateur plays -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Amateur plays.
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Amateur theater -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Theater.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| ISBN |
0491007140 |
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0491007248 |
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9780491007146 |
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9780491007245 |
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