A Challenge For The Actor
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (985 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0684190400 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Don’t you just love those books that you buy for a single niche Don’t you just love those books that you buy for a single niche purpose, but instead literally take over your life for a time? This is one of those books. I am a stage actor in Charleston, looking for work and practicing the techniques I already know, when I stumble upon this. Now, hands down, the best book for acting you co. "Helpful" according to Dawn soleri. I was introduced to the technique many years ago and have currently become reacquainted with it. Excellent resource for all actors.. Lucy M. Williams said Every Actor Should Read This Book. Uta Hagen a master acting teacher. Every actor should read this book.
Her first role was as Ophelia in Eva Le Gallienne's production of Hamlet. She then played the role of Nina in the Lunts' production of The Sea Gull. She has also appeared in Key Largo, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Country Girl, Saint Joan, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She has rec
He will learn to face himself, to hide nothing from himself -- and to do so takes an insatiable curiosity about the human condition. from the Prologue Uta Hagen, one of the world's most renowned stage actresses, has also taught acting for more than forty years at the HB Studio in New York. The scope and range of Uta Hagen here is extraordinary. She goes on to consider the actor's relationship to the physical and psychological senses. She raises the issue of the actor's goals and examines the specifics of the actor's techniques. Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological problems of human beings when putting his own passions, his loves, fears, and rages to work in the service of the characters he plays. Her years of acting and teaching have made her as finely seasoned an artist as the theatre has produced.. In her new book, A Challenge for the Actor, she greatly expands her thinking about
Recommended.- Thomas E. From Library Journal This volume completes Hagen's earlier classic, Respect for Acting (Macmillan, 1973). The heart of this book burns with commitment to an artistic ideal that, if it were a model for every actor, would improve American theater at all levels. . Unlike the more academic texts, Hagen's study reflects exercises, insights, and techniques that have been taught and practiced in acting studios and on stages for many years. Luddy, Salem State Coll., Mass.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. The beliefs, professionalism, and standards of training and performance that make Respect required reading for all actors are explored in this acting textbook that represents a lifetime of performance and teaching. Readers should not be put off by Hagen's slightly arc