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Different every night : freeing the actor / Mike Alfreds.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Nick Hern Books, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1780010338
  • 9781780010335
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Different Every Night : Freeing the Actor.DDC classification:
  • 792.028 23
LOC classification:
  • PN2071.R45 A44 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Title page; Contents; DEDICATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EPIGRAPH; FOREWORD by Pam Ferris; A PRACTICAL GUIDE; HEALTH AND SAFETY WARNINGS; 1 INTRODUCTIONS; CURRICULUM VITAE; THE PRIMACY OF THE ACTOR; PERMANENT TRAINING; 2 CONCEPTS; PROCESS V. RESULTS; WANT! DO! FEEL!; Given Circumstances; Feel: Emotion; The Hierarchy of Actions and Objectives; Obstacles; Beats; Do: Actions; Counter-Objectives; Super-Objectives; Through-Lines; Scene Objectives; Want: Objectives; 3 PREPARATION; THE PURPOSE OF PREPARATION; PREPARING THE TEXT; A Pyramid of Titles; Actions; Units; Sections; Titling the Acts.
BRINGING THE STRANDS TOGETHERPRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE; 5 UNCLOGGING THE WORK; Clearing the Decks for Action; Rigour; Directors' Fears; Actors' Fears; Actors and Directors; Bad Behaviour; 6 CODA: SUMMING UP; RECAPITULATION; GLOSSARY; FURTHER READING; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; COPYRIGHT INFORMATION.
Deconstructing the TextPREPARING THE REHEARSALS; CASTING; 4 THE WORK: REHEARSAL, PRODUCTION, PERFORMANCE; REHEARSAL: SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES; STRAND ONE: THE TEXT; Logic Text; Stage Four: Points of Concentration; Stage Three: Feeding-In; Stage Two: Text -- No Text -- Text; Stage One: Actioning; STRAND TWO: CHARACTER; The Starting Point; The Actor and the Role; Techniques Towards Characterisation; Character Development; The Character Lists; STRAND THREE: THE WORLD OF THE PLAY; Practice: A Handful of Dust; Marriage; Self-Blocking; Starting Points; Discovering New Worlds.
Summary: "A top-ranking director sets out his rehearsal techniques in this invaluable handbook for actors and directors. Different Every Night is the culmination of a lifetime of work in the theatre, the most complete rehearsal methodology in print since Stanislavsky. It offers a vital masterclass for actors and directors, full of sound practical advice and guidance, and is packed with techniques for bringing the text to life and keeping it alive - both in rehearsal and performance. ''Most of what I am as an actress I owe to Mike Alfreds. He gave me the language and the tools I needed for my craft."--Publisher's description.
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"First published in Great Britain in 2007. This ebook edition first published 2014."--verso.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-362).

Cover; Title page; Contents; DEDICATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EPIGRAPH; FOREWORD by Pam Ferris; A PRACTICAL GUIDE; HEALTH AND SAFETY WARNINGS; 1 INTRODUCTIONS; CURRICULUM VITAE; THE PRIMACY OF THE ACTOR; PERMANENT TRAINING; 2 CONCEPTS; PROCESS V. RESULTS; WANT! DO! FEEL!; Given Circumstances; Feel: Emotion; The Hierarchy of Actions and Objectives; Obstacles; Beats; Do: Actions; Counter-Objectives; Super-Objectives; Through-Lines; Scene Objectives; Want: Objectives; 3 PREPARATION; THE PURPOSE OF PREPARATION; PREPARING THE TEXT; A Pyramid of Titles; Actions; Units; Sections; Titling the Acts.

BRINGING THE STRANDS TOGETHERPRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE; 5 UNCLOGGING THE WORK; Clearing the Decks for Action; Rigour; Directors' Fears; Actors' Fears; Actors and Directors; Bad Behaviour; 6 CODA: SUMMING UP; RECAPITULATION; GLOSSARY; FURTHER READING; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; COPYRIGHT INFORMATION.

Deconstructing the TextPREPARING THE REHEARSALS; CASTING; 4 THE WORK: REHEARSAL, PRODUCTION, PERFORMANCE; REHEARSAL: SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES; STRAND ONE: THE TEXT; Logic Text; Stage Four: Points of Concentration; Stage Three: Feeding-In; Stage Two: Text -- No Text -- Text; Stage One: Actioning; STRAND TWO: CHARACTER; The Starting Point; The Actor and the Role; Techniques Towards Characterisation; Character Development; The Character Lists; STRAND THREE: THE WORLD OF THE PLAY; Practice: A Handful of Dust; Marriage; Self-Blocking; Starting Points; Discovering New Worlds.

"A top-ranking director sets out his rehearsal techniques in this invaluable handbook for actors and directors. Different Every Night is the culmination of a lifetime of work in the theatre, the most complete rehearsal methodology in print since Stanislavsky. It offers a vital masterclass for actors and directors, full of sound practical advice and guidance, and is packed with techniques for bringing the text to life and keeping it alive - both in rehearsal and performance. ''Most of what I am as an actress I owe to Mike Alfreds. He gave me the language and the tools I needed for my craft."--Publisher's description.

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