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The actor's guide to creating a character : William Esper teaches the Meisner technique / William Esper and Damon DiMarco.
Publication details: New York : Anchor Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2014.Description: xix, 282 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780345805683 (pbk.) :
- 0345805682 (pbk.) :
- PN2061 .E88 2014
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Summary: "Celebrated acting teacher Bill Esper's step-by-step approach to the central problem in acting -- learning to play a character -- as taught in the second year of his acting class"-- Provided by publisher.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction by Patricia Heaton -- Prologue -- Chapter One: Welcome Back - and Back to Work -- Chapter Two: Gimps, Limps, and Lisps: Physical Impediments -- Chapter Three: How Being in Intense Pain Can Actually Help Your Work -- Chapter Four: How to Explore Drugs and Alcohol without Rehab, Prison, or Death -- Chapter Five: Imitation and Point of View -- Chapter Six: Come, Sit at the Table! The Essence of the Character -- Chapter Seven: Still at the Table: Actions and Super Objectives -- Chapter Eight: Beats, Homework, Inner Emotional Lines, and Particularizations -- Chapter Nine: Nursery Rhymes -- Chapter Ten: Spoon Rivers -- Chapter Eleven: Periods and Styles -- Chapter Twelve: Periods and Styles in Practice -- Chapter Thirteen: Acting in Film and TV -- Chapter Fourteen: Commencement: The Serious Actor Business -- Afterword by David Mamet.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PN 2061 .E88 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5111513 |
"Celebrated acting teacher Bill Esper's step-by-step approach to the central problem in acting -- learning to play a character -- as taught in the second year of his acting class"-- Provided by publisher.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction by Patricia Heaton -- Prologue -- Chapter One: Welcome Back - and Back to Work -- Chapter Two: Gimps, Limps, and Lisps: Physical Impediments -- Chapter Three: How Being in Intense Pain Can Actually Help Your Work -- Chapter Four: How to Explore Drugs and Alcohol without Rehab, Prison, or Death -- Chapter Five: Imitation and Point of View -- Chapter Six: Come, Sit at the Table! The Essence of the Character -- Chapter Seven: Still at the Table: Actions and Super Objectives -- Chapter Eight: Beats, Homework, Inner Emotional Lines, and Particularizations -- Chapter Nine: Nursery Rhymes -- Chapter Ten: Spoon Rivers -- Chapter Eleven: Periods and Styles -- Chapter Twelve: Periods and Styles in Practice -- Chapter Thirteen: Acting in Film and TV -- Chapter Fourteen: Commencement: The Serious Actor Business -- Afterword by David Mamet.
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