Different Every Night : Freeing the Actor.
Alfreds, Mike.
Different Every Night : Freeing the Actor. - 1 online resource (334 pages)
Cover Title page Contents DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS EPIGRAPH FOREWORD by Pam Ferris A PRACTICAL GUIDE HEALTH AND SAFETY WARNINGS 1 INTRODUCTIONS CURRICULUM VITAE THE PRIMACY OF THE ACTOR PERMANENT TRAINING 2 CONCEPTS PROCESS V. RESULTS WANT! DO! FEEL! Given Circumstances Feel: Emotion The Hierarchy of Actions and Objectives Obstacles Beats Do: Actions Counter-Objectives Super-Objectives Through-Lines Scene Objectives Want: Objectives 3 PREPARATION THE PURPOSE OF PREPARATION PREPARING THE TEXT A Pyramid of Titles Actions Units Sections Titling the Acts Deconstructing the Text PREPARING THE REHEARSALS CASTING 4 THE WORK: REHEARSAL, PRODUCTION, PERFORMANCE REHEARSAL: SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES STRAND ONE: THE TEXT Logic Text Stage Four: Points of Concentration Stage Three: Feeding-In Stage Two: Text - No Text - Text Stage One: Actioning STRAND TWO: CHARACTER The Starting Point The Actor and the Role Techniques Towards Characterisation Character Development The Character Lists STRAND THREE: THE WORLD OF THE PLAY Practice: A Handful of Dust Marriage Self-Blocking Starting Points Discovering New Worlds BRINGING THE STRANDS TOGETHER PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE 5 UNCLOGGING THE WORK Clearing the Decks for Action Rigour Directors' Fears Actors' Fears Actors and Directors Bad Behaviour 6 CODA: SUMMING UP RECAPITULATION GLOSSARY FURTHER READING ABOUT THE AUTHOR COPYRIGHT INFORMATION.
A top-ranking director sets out his rehearsal techniques in this invaluable handbook for actors and directors. Different Every Night is the culmination of a lifetime of work in the theatre, the most complete rehearsal methodology in print since Stanislavsky. It offers a vital masterclass for actors and directors, full of sound practical advice and guidance, and is packed with techniques for bringing the text to life and keeping it alive - both in rehearsal and performance. 'Most of what I am as an actress I owe to Mike Alfreds. He gave me the language and the tools I needed for my craft' Pam Ferris, from her Foreword 'If I was allowed to train again to be an actor, but I was only allowed one teacher, it would have to be Mike Alfreds. To me he is a genius when it comes to acting and storytelling' Mark Rylance 'an illuminating and inspiring book... based in rich experience and acute observation of actors at work (and play)... essential reading for actors and directors' Rogues & Vagabonds.
9781780010335
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Dramatic production.;Monologues.;Theater rehearsals.
PN2071 .R45 A54 2014
792.028
Different Every Night : Freeing the Actor. - 1 online resource (334 pages)
Cover Title page Contents DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS EPIGRAPH FOREWORD by Pam Ferris A PRACTICAL GUIDE HEALTH AND SAFETY WARNINGS 1 INTRODUCTIONS CURRICULUM VITAE THE PRIMACY OF THE ACTOR PERMANENT TRAINING 2 CONCEPTS PROCESS V. RESULTS WANT! DO! FEEL! Given Circumstances Feel: Emotion The Hierarchy of Actions and Objectives Obstacles Beats Do: Actions Counter-Objectives Super-Objectives Through-Lines Scene Objectives Want: Objectives 3 PREPARATION THE PURPOSE OF PREPARATION PREPARING THE TEXT A Pyramid of Titles Actions Units Sections Titling the Acts Deconstructing the Text PREPARING THE REHEARSALS CASTING 4 THE WORK: REHEARSAL, PRODUCTION, PERFORMANCE REHEARSAL: SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES STRAND ONE: THE TEXT Logic Text Stage Four: Points of Concentration Stage Three: Feeding-In Stage Two: Text - No Text - Text Stage One: Actioning STRAND TWO: CHARACTER The Starting Point The Actor and the Role Techniques Towards Characterisation Character Development The Character Lists STRAND THREE: THE WORLD OF THE PLAY Practice: A Handful of Dust Marriage Self-Blocking Starting Points Discovering New Worlds BRINGING THE STRANDS TOGETHER PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE 5 UNCLOGGING THE WORK Clearing the Decks for Action Rigour Directors' Fears Actors' Fears Actors and Directors Bad Behaviour 6 CODA: SUMMING UP RECAPITULATION GLOSSARY FURTHER READING ABOUT THE AUTHOR COPYRIGHT INFORMATION.
A top-ranking director sets out his rehearsal techniques in this invaluable handbook for actors and directors. Different Every Night is the culmination of a lifetime of work in the theatre, the most complete rehearsal methodology in print since Stanislavsky. It offers a vital masterclass for actors and directors, full of sound practical advice and guidance, and is packed with techniques for bringing the text to life and keeping it alive - both in rehearsal and performance. 'Most of what I am as an actress I owe to Mike Alfreds. He gave me the language and the tools I needed for my craft' Pam Ferris, from her Foreword 'If I was allowed to train again to be an actor, but I was only allowed one teacher, it would have to be Mike Alfreds. To me he is a genius when it comes to acting and storytelling' Mark Rylance 'an illuminating and inspiring book... based in rich experience and acute observation of actors at work (and play)... essential reading for actors and directors' Rogues & Vagabonds.
9781780010335
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 -- Dramatic production.;Monologues.;Theater rehearsals.
PN2071 .R45 A54 2014
792.028