Acting is Believing (tenth edition)

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 11
Preface......Page 14
CHAPTER 1 Training Your Talent......Page 18
Acting with Professional Competence......Page 24
Exploring Your Resources......Page 30
Terms and People to Know......Page 32
CHAPTER 2 Approaching the Creative State......Page 35
Training Your Body......Page 36
Conquering Inhibitions......Page 38
Entering the Creative State......Page 43
Terms and People to Know......Page 52
CHAPTER 3 Discovering Physical Actions......Page 53
Committing Yourself to Action......Page 59
Believing Your Actions......Page 62
Incorporating Improvisational Technique......Page 65
Making a Score of Physical Actions......Page 67
Terms and People to Know......Page 75
CHAPTER 4  Defining Simple Objectives......Page 78
Stating the Objective......Page 82
Incorporating Action Verbs......Page 84
Working Against Obstacles......Page 88
Employing Strategy......Page 92
Adapting to Changing Circumstances......Page 94
Improvising Group Scenes......Page 95
Terms and People to Know......Page 104
CHAPTER 5 Developing Your Powers of Observation......Page 106
Observing People......Page 115
Adapting Observations Through the Imagination......Page 118
Observing Objects and Animals......Page 121
Terms and People to Know......Page 126
CHAPTER 6 Exploring Circles of Attention......Page 128
Channeling Your Energy......Page 131
Relating to Objects......Page 135
Infecting Your Partner......Page 138
Communing with the Audience......Page 144
Making an Action of Speech......Page 146
Terms and People to Know......Page 152
CHAPTER7 Investigating the Subconscious......Page 153
Retaining an Original Experience......Page 156
Selecting the Experience......Page 158
Using the Experience......Page 160
Visualizing Inner Images......Page 162
Planning Your Inner Monologues......Page 167
Terms and People to Know......Page 169
CHAPTER 8 Creating a Character......Page 171
Doing Your Homework......Page 172
Penetrating the Script......Page 174
Identifying the Motivating Force......Page 175
Constructing “Your” Autobiography......Page 177
Autobiographical Worksheet......Page 180
Uncovering the Units of Action......Page 183
Scoring the Units......Page 184
Incorporating “Your” Second Plan......Page 188
Finding the Outer Form......Page 190
Expressing the Super-Objective......Page 192
Researching the World of the Play......Page 193
Recognizing the Fountainhead......Page 196
Terms and People to Know......Page 200
CHAPTER 9 Interpreting the Lines......Page 203
Exploring the Subtext......Page 205
Finding the Verbal Action......Page 210
Relating the Lines to the Motivating Force......Page 211
Relating the Lines to the Super-Objective......Page 212
Believing Your Character’s Manner of Speaking......Page 216
Motivating the Longer Speech......Page 222
Terms and People to Know......Page 229
CHAPTER 10 Communicating the Subtext......Page 231
Understanding Words......Page 232
Handling Sentences......Page 235
Building a Progression......Page 237
Thinking Antithetically......Page 240
Sharing Imagery......Page 241
Terms and People to Know......Page 252
CHAPTER 11 Transforming into Character......Page 253
Finding the Meaning......Page 255
Developing Your Character......Page 257
Creating and Refining the Form......Page 259
Polishing for Performance......Page 261
Working at Rehearsals......Page 264
Playing the Part......Page 266
Terms and People to Know......Page 269
CHAPTER 12 Preparing Undirected Scene Study......Page 271
Choosing a Scene......Page 273
Preparing Your Scene......Page 275
Suggested Scene Study List......Page 281
CHAPTER 13 Getting the Job......Page 290
Understanding the Business of Acting......Page 292
Preparing Your Audition......Page 299
Auditioning......Page 303
Terms and People to Know......Page 309
APPENDIX: Theatre Resources......Page 312
Endnotes......Page 317
Bibliography......Page 322
Index......Page 326