Overview
How do actors fuse thought, emotion and action within their creative
process? Essential Acting is an inspired and reliable toolbox for actors
and teachers in the classroom, the rehearsal room and the workshop.
RADA's Brigid Panet has distilled nearly 60 years of acting, directing
and actor training into a unique recipe which brilliantly combines the
teachings of Stanislavsky and Laban into an invaluable practical
resource. These exercises are built around the need for simple,
achievable techniques that can be applied by actors, teachers and
directors to answer the myriad requirements of actor training. The goal
is to produce a continuous level of achievement, addressing: * How to
rehearse * How to work with a text * How to audition for drama school *
How to access the truth of feelings and actions Essential Acting will be
a must-have purchase for anyone looking for a comprehensive study guide
to the necessary work of the actor.