Actions : the actors' thesaurus

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Label

Actions : the actors' thesaurus

Title remainder

the actors' thesaurus

Statement of responsibility

Marina Caldarone and Maggie Lloyd-Williams ; [foreword by Terry Johnson]

Title variation

Actors' thesaurus

Creator

• Caldarone, Marina

Contributor

• Lloyd-Williams, Maggie, 1975-

Subject

• Acting -- Dictionaries
• Actors -- Language
• Actors -- Language -- Dictionaries
• Dictionaries
• English language -- Synonyms and antonyms
• English language -- Synonyms and antonyms -- Dictionaries
• English language -- Verb
• English language -- Verb -- Dictionaries
• Acting

Genre

• trueDictionaries

Language

eng

Summary

"Actors need actions. They cannot act moods. They need to be doing something with every line. They need verbs. They need an aim to achieve, and an action selected to help achieve that aim." "'Actions' are active verbs. In order to perform a line truthfully, the actor needs to find exactly the right action to suit that particular situation and that particular line. That is where this book comes in ... It is a thesaurus of active verbs, with which the actor can refine the acting choice until s/he hits exactly the right action to help make each line come alive. 'Actioning' is a widely used rehearsal and performance technique: this book makes it available for the first time in an organised and comprehensive form. Book jacket."--Jacket

Cataloging source

OSU

Dewey number

792.02803

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries