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Essential acting : a practical handbook for actors, teachers and directory

Panet, Brigid, 1948

Essential acting : a practical handbook for actors, teachers and directory / Brigid Panet with Fiona McHardy - 2nd ed. - Abindon, Oxon: Routledge, c2015 - 299 p., 21 cm.

Acting exercises. Notes for the teacher of the acting exercises
Making a good start
Experiencing the three essentials
The 'magic if'
Exercises in immediate response
Acting skills, to be applied to rehearsal and performance
Acting is behaving. Status
Eye-gaze
Confidence, poise and balance
The rehearsal process. Meeting the play
Bringing the text to life
Breathing, speaking and learning lines
The actor's work on a character
Directing a play. Solving common problems in acting
Playing the space
For the director
An introduction to playing Shakespeare. Shakespeare's language
Handling Shakespeare's language
Developing the physical skills of acting: Laban workshops for actors. The four elements
Flow
Space
Time
Force
Laban's vocabulary applied to the speaking voice
The eight Laban effort actions


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McHardy, Fiona.


Acting -----Handbooks, manuals, etc.

CIR 792.028 P27e 2015