Sanford Meisner on acting / Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell ; introduction by Sydney Pollack.

By:

Meisner, Sanford, 1905-1997

Contributor(s):

Longwell, Dennis

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1987.Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 252 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0394750594
9780394750590

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

792/.028

LOC classification:

PN 2061 M515s 1987

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Publisher description

Contents:

Introduction by Sydney Pollack Setting the scene: Duse's blush Building a foundation: the reality of doing The pinch and the ouch The knock on the door Beyond repetition Preparation: "In the harem of my head" Improvisation More on preparation: "Quick as a flame" The magic "as if" : particularization "Making the part your own" Some thoughts on actors and on acting Final scenes: "Instead of 'merely' the truth" "Spring Awakening" by Frank Wedekind "A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden" by Meade Roberts "Golden Boy" by Clifford Odets "The Seagull" by Anton Chekov "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams

Summary: Taking readers step-by-step through the most basic acting exercises to critiques of performances in scenes from contemporary American plays, this volume follows a class of eight at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where Meisner has taught for fifty years.

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"A Vintage original"--T.p. verso.

Introduction by Sydney Pollack
Setting the scene: Duse's blush
Building a foundation: the reality of doing
The pinch and the ouch
The knock on the door
Beyond repetition
Preparation: "In the harem of my head"
Improvisation
More on preparation: "Quick as a flame"
The magic "as if" : particularization
"Making the part your own"
Some thoughts on actors and on acting
Final scenes: "Instead of 'merely' the truth"
"Spring Awakening" by Frank Wedekind
"A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden" by Meade Roberts
"Golden Boy" by Clifford Odets
"The Seagull" by Anton Chekov
"Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams

Taking readers step-by-step through the most basic acting exercises to critiques of performances in scenes from contemporary American plays, this volume follows a class of eight at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where Meisner has taught for fifty years.

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