Acting Without Agony: An Alternative to the MethodThis practical, step-by-step guide is organized into 18 lessons for achieving outstanding performance in acting and directing. This text offers an alternative to the Stanislavsky "method" and teaches another way of arriving at emotions, which is described in detail throughout the text. MARKETS: Undergraduate and graduate courses in acting and directing. |
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Contents
Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson in Rhinoceros | 5 |
The author teaching his current class at UCLA | 13 |
What Is Acting? | 15 |
Copyright | |
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