Building a character
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Building a character
（A theatre arts book）
Routledge/Theater Arts Books, c1977
- : hbk
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Description
Building a Character is one of the three volumes that make up Stanislavski's The Acting Trilogy.
An Actor Prepares explores the inner preparation an actor must undergo in order to explore a role to the full. In this volume, Sir John Gielgud said, this great director "found time to explain a thousand things that have always troubled actors and fascinated students."
Building a Character discusses the external techniques of acting: the use of the body, movement, diction, singing, expression, and control.
Creating a Role describes the preparation that precedes actual performance, with extensive discussions of Gogol's The Inspector General and Shakespeare's Othello. Sir Paul Scofield called Creating a Role "immeasurably important" for the actor.
These three volumes belong on any actor's short shelf of essential books.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Toward a Physical Characterization
- Chapter 2 Dressing a Character
- Chapter 3 Characters and Types
- Chapter 4 Making the Body Expressive
- Chapter 5 Plasticity of Motion
- Chapter 6 Restraint and Control
- Chapter 7 Diction and Singing
- Chapter 8 Intonations and Pauses
- Chapter 9 Accentuation: The Expressive Word
- Chapter 10 Perspective in Character Building
- Chapter 11 Tempo-Rhythm in Movement
- Chapter 12 Speech Tempo-Rhythm
- Chapter 13 Stage Charm
- Chapter 14 Toward an Ethics for the Theatre
- Chapter 15 Patterns of Accomplishment
- Chapter 16 Some Conclusions on Acting
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