A Challenge for the Actor
Published on 21. August 1991
Book
Hardback
331 pages
978-0-684-19040-2 (ISBN)
Description
The actress and teacher guides actors in developing their art, covering such aspects as voice techniques, timing, rhythm, and including exercises to correct problems.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
518 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-684-19040-2 (9780684190402)
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Person
Uta Hagen (1919–2004) was a German American actress and theatre practitioner who made her Broadway debut in 1938. She starred in over twenty Broadway productions, including Othello, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The recipient of the National Medal of Honor for the Arts in 2003 and winner of three Tony Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, Hagen taught for over forty years at the HB Studio in New York and was one of the most renowned and respected acting teachers of the 20th century.
Content
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments, an Apology, and a Little Advice
Prologue: What Does It Take?
Part One: The Actor
1. The Actor's World
2. The Actor's Goals
3. The Actor's Techniques
The Outer Techniques
The Human Techniques
Part Two: The Human Techniques
4. The Self
5. Transference
6. The Physical Senses
7. The Psychological Senses
8. Animation
The Body
The Mind
Inner Objects
Listening
Talking
9. Expectation
Part Three' The Exercises
10. The Exercises
General Purpose
The Six Steps
For the Presentation
11. The First Exercise: Physical Destination
For The Presentation
12. The second Exercise: The Fourth Side
Communication
Primary Use of the Fourth Side
Subliminal Use of the Fourth Side
For the Presentation
13. The Third Exercise: changes of self
Part I
For the Presentation
Part II
For The Presentation
14. The Fourth Exercise: Moment to Moment
For the Presentation
15. The Fifth Exercise: Re-Creating Physical Sensations
Part I
For the Presentation
Part II
For the Presentation
16. The Sixth Exercise: Bringing the Outdoors On Stage
For the Presentation
17. The Seventh Exercise: Finding Occupation While Waiting
For the Presentation
18. The Eighth Exercise: Talking to Yourself
For the Presentation
19. The Ninth Exercise: Talking to the Audience
For the Presentation
20. The Tenth Exercise: Historical Imagination
Style
Historical Imagination
For the Presentation
21. Combinations
Part Four: The Role
22. The Play
23. Homework and the rehearsal
The Rehearsal
24. Scoring the Role
1. Who Am "I"?
2. What Are "My" Circumstances?
3. What Are "My" Relationships?
4. What Do "I" Want?
5. What's in "My" Way?
6. What Do 'I' Do to Get What "I" Want?
Epilogue
For the Teacher
Index