Download or read book Problems of the Actor Classic Reprint written by Louis Calvert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Problems of the Actor On the other hand, I do not wish to be suspected of formulating a technique of act ing. I should not attempt anything so pre sumptuous. I am sure I know too much about the stage for that. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Stage Affairs in America Today written by Allen Davenport and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Respect for Acting written by Uta Hagen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Respect for Acting "This fascinating and detailed book about acting is Miss Hagen's credo, the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself and those she [taught], and an explanation of the means to the end." --Publishers Weekly "Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles on acting with vivid dicta drawn from experience, skill, and a sense of personal and professional worth. Her principal asset in this treatment is her truly significant imagination. Her 'object exercises' display a wealth of detail with which to stimulate the student preparing a scene for presentation." --Library Journal "Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting . . . is a relatively small book. But within it, Miss Hagen tells the young actor about as much as can be conveyed in print of his craft." --Los Angeles Times "There are almost no American actors uninfluenced by Uta Hagen." --Fritz Weaver "This is a textbook for aspiring actors, but working thespians can profit much by it. Anyone with just a casual interest in the theater should also enjoy its behind-the-scenes flavor." --King Features Syndicate
Download or read book The Illusion of the First Time in Acting Classic Reprint written by William Gillette and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Illusion of the First Time in Acting But is he a bad actor merely because he adopts his own methods and knows nothing about the art of other people? Well, I think perhaps he is. Altho he amuses me, I'm afraid he is a bad actor. But he is not as bad as he would be if that other type, who really knows the rules, took him in hand and tried to make him a good actor. Then he would be atrocious. As a matter of fact, he is an actor who can play only one kind of part. But he plays that better than any good actor living. Therefore the public, for whom the theater is run, gets the advantage. His reign lasts just as long as there are plays which require that type. If his part is a prominent one and he makes a very great success, so much the worse for him. He isthen placed in an exalted position from which he is bound to fall when the authors have worn themselves out in their frantic endeavor to hold him there; and he will automatically pass from the public ken, des tined merely to bob up now and then in a small part that lends itself to his personal ity - and destined to become a disappointed man for the rest of his life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Mrs Fiske Her Views on Actors Acting and the Problems of Production Classic Reprint written by Alexander Woollcott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mrs. Fiske, Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production It was all very well for Grant Allen in his day to say that Hea'a'a was nothing more or less than the girl we take down to dinner in London nineteen times out of twenty. Cer tainly she was something more this time, for Tess of Ike d'urbervz'lles - not Hardy's Tess, perhaps, but ours - sat there, too. I was at supper with Hea'a'a and Tess and Becky Sharp, but surely that was Becky's red hair that could be glimpsed in the shadow of the big hat and voluminous veil. That erect figure, vital, alert, indefatigable, eloquently animate, surely that was Becky. There was something of Becky, also, in the mutinous, gleaming humor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Challenge for the Actor written by Uta Hagen and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. This book was released on 2024-08-25 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I held onto this book for dear life throughout my twenties, and still thumb through it when I need a tune up. If I lose my car keys and I’m frantically turning my house upside down trying to find them I look up at the heavens and hope she’s having a good laugh." - Amanda Peet "I was extraordinarily privileged to work with Uta Hagen in Circle in the Square’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s play, You Never Can Tell. She was committed to revealing the truth and we are the beneficiaries of her brilliant observations." - Victor Garber "CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR, written by one of the most important actors of the 20th Century, is a remarkable source of practical principles on how to be a human being in your work and to not just “act." Uta's purpose for this book is to clarify and update the articulation of her technique as stated in RESPECT FOR ACTING. In "Chapter 8" of this book particularly, she provides a self-empowering approach to acting that is an invaluable resource for achieving the art of acting for stage, film, and television at its highest level." - Ted Brunetti "Uta Hagen changed my life. She changed the lives of thousands and thousands of other people as well. To have Uta’s books and to be able to look through them at the drop of a hat keeps me going and keeps me inspired to keep going." - Austin Pendleton "Uta Hagen’s A CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR is simply the bible for any acting student serious about their craft. Even as a professional I refer to it time and again for the basics. It is a touchstone." - Laila Robins “'Cynicism leads to mental illness and insanity.' Words of warning Uta Hagen spoke often to her students. Here in lies the difference between Ms. Hagen’s classic RESPECT FOR ACTING and its companion A CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR. She meets head on the soul killing demon that threatens the art and craft of all actors, cynicism. The challenge is to remain curious, caring, innocent, disciplined, educated, and life-loving amid dark times. To have the courage to fight the forces of apathy and disbelief in order to serve with all one’s heart the profession that one loves.” - Victor Slezak Uta Hagen, one of the world's most renowned stage actresses, also taught acting for more than 40 years at the HB Studio in New York. Her first book, Respect for Acting, published in 1973, remains a best seller in print. In this edition of her second classic book, A Challenge for the Actor, she greatly expands her thinking about acting in a work that brings the full flowering of her artistry, both as an actor and as a teacher. She raises the issue of the actor's goals and examines the specifics of the actor's techniques. She goes on to consider the actor's relationship to the physical and psychological senses. There is a brilliantly conceived section on the animation of the body and mind, of listening and talking, and the concept of expectation. But perhaps the most useful are the exercises that Uta Hagen has created and elaborated to help the actor learn his craft. The exercises deal with developing the actor's physical destination in a role; making changes in the self serviceable in the creation of a character; recreating physical sensations; bringing the outdoors on stage; finding occupation while waiting; talking to oneself and the audience; and employing historical imagination. The scope and range of Uta Hagen here is extraordinary. Her years of acting and teaching have made her as finely seasoned an artist as the theatre has produced.
Download or read book Practice Book written by Leland Powers and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book American Actor Series Classic Reprint written by Laurence Hutton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Actor Series Happy the biographer whose privilege it is to recount the life of one distinguished for genius and intellect, and at the same time for nobility of life and character. Such is my good fortune in writing of Charlotte Cushman. Her dramatic career will be the subject of this volume, and no space will be found for the picturing of her pri vate life. There is, however, no regret felt on this account, since all that relates to Charlotte Cushman as a woman and as a friend belongs more especially to those who were near and dear to her, and all that concerns the outside world in this regard has been told by her chosen 'friend and biographer far more suitably than another could hope to tell it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Masks Or Faces a Study in the Psychology of Acting Classic Reprint written by William Archer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Masks or Faces a Study in the Psychology of Acting The paradoxes of philosophy generally prove, on analysis, to be contradictions in terms; those Of art, on the other hand, are more often truisms turned inside out. This I believe to be a fair description of Diderot's celebrated Paradoxe sur le It undoubtedly contains a great deal of truth; but in so far as it is true it is not paradoxical. The paradox is brought in, sometimes in the shape of sheer over statement, more Often by means of a little nimble jugglery with ambiguous terms and misleading ana logies. In his arguments from analogy, Diderot does not rise to the fine frenzy of some of his fellow theorists. 'we no more think feeling a necessary ingredient in acting, ' cries one, than we should deem it expedient for a painter, after he had finished a like ness upon the canvas, to represent the heart, liver, brains, and the internal formation, on the back of it.' Another - this time an American - executes a still more surprising feat of logical. Legerdemain. 'did Rosa asks, with withering emphasis, feel like a horse-fair when she painted her great picture on that subject? Or did Longfellow feel like foot prints on the sands of time when he wrote that line of the Psalflé of se?' Diderot would no doubt admit that the zeal Of these disciples outruns their discretion; yet they merely burlesque some Of his own arguments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Elements of Drama Classic Reprint written by J. L. Styan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Elements of Drama Disinterested and clear-sighted, the adult student can usually be trusted to recognize the fundamental issues, and this is certainly true of his attitude to drama. His genuine concern for the value of his visit to the theatre begins with the excitement of asking what passes between an imaginative stage and an intelligent auditorium when the play is in performance. The growing body of such playgoers could endow us with a living theatre beloved and of some account in our society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Stage in America 1897 1900 Classic Reprint written by Norman Hapgood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Stage in America 1897-1900 Besides these general problems, there are a hundred lesser difficulties for the critic. What has seemed genius appears as only cleverness, and talent comes to be seen as merely personal Charm. How tell the actor's contribution from the play wright's; the interest of the subject from its treat ment? A prominent American manager, visiting London, looking for plays, after a bad dinner poorly served, was crowded into the middle of a back row. He refused the comedy. A few nights later he dined with the dramatist, went again to see his play, and sat near the stage. He then bought the comedy, which turned out to be one of his greatest successes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Merely Players written by Virginia Tracy and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book The Itinerant Vol 5 written by S. W. Ryley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Itinerant, Vol. 5: Or Memoirs of an Actor Egerton' 1n three weeks, and it was finally agreed; that if agreeable to her father and husband, she 'should make one of our travelling party. Expres sing her gratitude for the interest we appeared to take in her concerns, in doing which, tears more than once dropped upon her cheeks, she continued, After ydur polite attention and the friendly ofl'erjust made, I should be wanting in gratitude to you, anti justice'to myself, if 1 did not espla'intwithont dis guise, t the dreadful cause to which we owe our ruin, and the miserable'ehange from afluen'ce, to penury the most abject. In doing this, I must however unwillingly, expose the culpable conduct of her, to Whom I owe my existence, and the atrocious wick edness of a wreteh, Whom I have the misery to call brother. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Allison Makes Hay written by Theresa Helburn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Allison Makes Hay: A Comedy in Three Acts The acting rights of this play are strictly reserved. Perform ance may be given'by amateurs on payment of a royalty of fifteen dollars for the first, and $7. 50 for each succeeding per formance by the same cast. Correspondence on this subject should be addressed to the publishers. The professional stage rights and moving picture rights are also strictly reserved, and performance by professional actors, given in advertised places of amusement and for profit, is forbidden. Persons who may wish to produce this play publicly and professionally should apply to the author in care of the publishers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Correspondence of Henrik Ibsen written by Henrik Ibsen and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Correspondence of Henrik Ibsen ON the 3lst of May 1880, Henrik Ibsen wrote to his publisher, Frederik Hegel, that he had begun a little book in which he intended to give some account of the outward and inward conditions under which each one of his works had come into being (letter It was to be called From Simian, to Rome, and was to give descriptions of his life at Skien and Grimstad, Bergen and Christiania, Dresden, Munich, and Rome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The English Stage written by Pierre Marie Augustin Filon and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English Stage: Being an Account of the Victorian Drama I have rarely had a more welcome task than that of saying a few words of introduction to the following essays, and of heartily commending them to the English reading public. I am not called upon, nor would it become me, to recriticise the criticism of the English drama they contain, to reargue any of the issues raised, or to vent my own opinions of the persons and plays hereafter dealt with. My business is to thank M. Filon for bringing us before the notice of the French public, to speak of his work as a whole rather than to discuss it in detail, and to define his position in relation to the recent dramatic movement in our country. But before addressing myself to these main ends, I may perhaps be allowed to call attention to one or two striking passages and individual judgments. The picture in the first chapter of the old actor's life on circuit is capitally done. I do not know where to look for so animated and succinct a rendering of that phase of past theatrical life. And the pilgrimage to the deserted Prince of Wales's Theatre also left a vivid impression on me, perhaps quickened by my own early memories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Born Aristocrat A Story of the Stage 1898 written by Matthew White and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
