Fundamental acting : a practical guide /
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| Author / Creator: | Kuritz, Paul. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Applause, 1998. |
| Description: | x, 157 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3689854 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Howard Stein
- Pt. 1. Basic Technique. Action. Relaxation. Objective. Spontaneity and Wildness. Emotion. Monologues. Texts. Projection and Presence. Substitution. Referential Movement. Character Analysis. Heightened Diction. The Score. A Rehearsal Strategy
- Pt. 2. Variation One: Playing Verse. The Rationale. Poetry and Verse. Scansion. Accent and Rhythm. Analyzing the Verse. Variety. Figures and Tropes. Imagery. Speaking Verse. Verse Dialogue. Poetic Character
- Pt. 3. Variation Two: Playing Comedy. The Nature of Humor. Incongruity and Ignorance. Upholding "The Normal" Comic Power Playing. Superiority and Comedy. Situation Comedy. One Thing at a Time. The Vaudeville Take. Energy, Emotion, and Subtext. Comic Traits. Comic Invention. Comic Diction. Comedy and Clarity. Comic Analysis. App. 1. Basic Warm-Up
- App. 2. Open Scenes
- App. 3. Character Analysis Checklist
- App. 4. Jabberwocky / Lewis Carroll
- App. 5. Diction Loops
- App. 6. Comedy Warm-Ups
- App. 7. Simple Comic Dialect Guidelines
- App. 8. Stage Terminology.