To the actor / Michael Chekhov.
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TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2002Edition: Rev. and expanded edDescription: 1 online resource (lii, 222 p.) : illISBN: 9780203378724 (ebook)Subject(s): Acting | Performing Arts | Performing arts | Acting techniques | Theatre: technical & background skillsGenre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleOnline access: Click here to access online Summary: This handbook for professional and amateur actors and directors is designed to train the imagination and body to quickly and effectively call up emotion, develop characters, and strengthen awareness. Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor has been revised and expanded by Mala Powers to explain, clearly and concisely, the essential techniques for every actor from developing a character to strengthen awareness. Chekhov's simple and practical method- successfully used by professional actors all over the world- trains the actor's imagination and body to fulfill its potential. To the Actor includes a previously unpublished chapter on 'Psychological Gesture', translated into English by the celebrated director Andrei Malaev - Babel; a new biographical overview by Mala Powers; and a foreword by Simon Callow. This book is a vital text for actors and directors including acting and theatre history students.
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Previous ed.: New York: Harper & Row, 1953.
Includes index.
This handbook for professional and amateur actors and directors is designed to train the imagination and body to quickly and effectively call up emotion, develop characters, and strengthen awareness. Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor has been revised and expanded by Mala Powers to explain, clearly and concisely, the essential techniques for every actor from developing a character to strengthen awareness. Chekhov's simple and practical method- successfully used by professional actors all over the world- trains the actor's imagination and body to fulfill its potential. To the Actor includes a previously unpublished chapter on 'Psychological Gesture', translated into English by the celebrated director Andrei Malaev - Babel; a new biographical overview by Mala Powers; and a foreword by Simon Callow. This book is a vital text for actors and directors including acting and theatre history students.
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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