Title:
To act is to do: six classes for teachers and actors based on the Uta Hagen technique \ Richard Alan Nichols.
Author:
Nichols, Richard Alan
Publication Information:
Kansas City, MO, 39 WEST Press, 2018.
Call Number:
PN2061 .N527 2018
Abstract:
To Act Is To Do by Richard Alan Nichols, who studied as a scholarship student for five years with Uta Hagen at the HB Studio in New York, is the ultimate guide for both actors and teachers. In six informative and interactive class sessions, Nichols details twenty exercises designed to solve most acting problems that arise while working on plays. Also included are eighteen evaluations of work (scenes, monologues, and Hagen exercises) presented by Nichols' students, with each evaluation serving as a model for teachers to follow in order to assist actors in learning how to assess their own work in an honest way. This unique exploration—the personal journey of one actor’s lifelong quest to perfect his craft while in pursuit of becoming a player—will help all actors develop the discipline necessary to fine-tune their acting instruments and discover new behaviors in themselves.
ISBN:
9781946358073
9781946358066
Physical Description:
xiii, 164 pages ; 23 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Prologue: My Life in Pursuit of Becoming a Player -- Class and Rehearsal Procedures -- Guide to the UtaHagen Acting Exercises -- Class One: Understanding Objectives -- Clas Two: Personalizing Objectives -- Class Three: Playing Actions -- Class Four: Physical Actions -- Class Five: Character as Self -- Class Six: Transference -- Working with Students with Disabilities -- Additional exercises -- Epilogue: The Performance -- Acknowledgments -- List of exercises -- Lists of evaluations -- Index -- About the Author.
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