Acting: The First Six Lessons
Documents from the American Laboratory Theatre
2nd Edition
Published on 9. August 2010
Book
Hardback
206 pages
978-0-415-56385-7 (ISBN)
Description
Acting: The First Six Lessons was first published in 1933 and remains a key text for anyone studying acting today. These dramatic dialogues between teacher and idealistic student explore the field of acting according to one of the original teachers of Stanislavsky's System in America.
This new edition of an essential text is edited by Rhonda Blair and supplemented for the very first time with documents from the American Laboratory Theatre. These collect together a broad range of exciting unpublished material, drawn from Boleslavsky's pivotal and unprecedented teachings on acting at the American Laboratory Theatre. Included are:
"The Creative Theatre Lectures" by Richard Boleslavsky
Boleslavsky's "Lectures from the American Laboratory Theatre"
"Acting with Maria Ouspenskaya," four short essays on the work of Ouspenskaya, Boleslavsky's colleague and fellow actor trainer
A new critical introduction and bibliography by the Editor.
This new edition of an essential text is edited by Rhonda Blair and supplemented for the very first time with documents from the American Laboratory Theatre. These collect together a broad range of exciting unpublished material, drawn from Boleslavsky's pivotal and unprecedented teachings on acting at the American Laboratory Theatre. Included are:
"The Creative Theatre Lectures" by Richard Boleslavsky
Boleslavsky's "Lectures from the American Laboratory Theatre"
"Acting with Maria Ouspenskaya," four short essays on the work of Ouspenskaya, Boleslavsky's colleague and fellow actor trainer
A new critical introduction and bibliography by the Editor.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-56385-7 (9780415563857)
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Acting: The First Six Lessons
Documents from the American Laboratory Theatre
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Acting: The First Six Lessons
Documents from the American Laboratory Theatre
E-Book
09/2013
2nd Edition
Routledge
€52.49
Available for download
Richard Boleslavsky | Rhonda Blair
Acting: The First Six Lessons
Documents from the American Laboratory Theatre
Book
08/2010
2nd Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Richard Boleslavsky (1889-1937) (born Ryszard Boleslawski) was a Polish actor and director. He was a member of the Moscow Art Theatre and director of its First Studio. He emigrated to New York in the 1920s and was the first teacher of the Stanislavski system of acting in the West. He went on to produce plays on Broadway and was a leading Hollywood director in the 1930s.
Rhonda Blair is Professor of Theatre at Southern Methodist University. She is a leading voice on the applications of cognitive science on the acting process and the author of The Actor, Image, and Action: Acting and Cognitive Neuroscience. She is currently the President of the American Society of Theatre Research (ASTR).
Rhonda Blair is Professor of Theatre at Southern Methodist University. She is a leading voice on the applications of cognitive science on the acting process and the author of The Actor, Image, and Action: Acting and Cognitive Neuroscience. She is currently the President of the American Society of Theatre Research (ASTR).
Content
Acting: The First Six Lessons, Richard Boleslavsky; Part 1 The First Lesson; Part 2 The Second Lesson; Part 3 The Third Lesson; Part 4 The Fourth Lesson; Part 5 The Fifth Lesson; Part 6 The Sixth Lesson; Part 7 The "Creative Theatre" Lectures; Part 8 What is the Theatre?; Part 9 What is a Play?; Part 10 What is the Audience?; Part 11 What is an Actor?; Part 12 What is a Theatrical Designer?; Part 13 What is a Theatrical Composer?; Part 14 What is a Collective Work in a Theatre?; Part 15 What is a Theatrical Performance?; Part 16 What is a Mechanical Performance?; Part 17 What is a Creative Theatrical Performance?; Part 18 The Qualifications of a Creative Actor; Part 19 What is the Meaning of "Living the Part ?"; Part 20 What is "Spiritual Concentration?"; Part 21 What is the Spiritual or Affective Memory?; Part 22 How to Use the Affective Memory in Preparing a Part; Part 23 Boleslavsky Lectures from theAmerican Laboratory Theatre; Part 24 Lecture 3; Part 25 Lecture 5; Part 26 Lesson 6; Part 27 Lecture 7; Part 28 Lesson 8; Part 29 Lesson 9; Part 30 Lecture 10; Part 31 Lecture 11; Part 32 Notes on Acting with Maria Ouspenskaya; Part 33 October 1954; Part 34 November 1954; Part 35 December 1954; Part 36 January 1955;