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The Resource The actor's guide to creating a character : William Esper teaches the Meisner technique, William Esper and Damon Dimarco

The actor's guide to creating a character : William Esper teaches the Meisner technique, William Esper and Damon Dimarco

Label
The actor's guide to creating a character : William Esper teaches the Meisner technique
Title
The actor's guide to creating a character
Title remainder
William Esper teaches the Meisner technique
Statement of responsibility
William Esper and Damon Dimarco
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Celebrated acting teacher Bill Esper's step-by-step approach to the central problem in acting -- learning to play a character -- as taught in the second year of his acting class"--
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Provided by publisher
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DLC
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Esper, William
Dewey number
792.02/8
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
DiMarco, Damon
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Meisner, Sanford
  • Meisner, Sanford
  • Acting
  • PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning
  • PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General
  • PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General
  • Acting
Label
The actor's guide to creating a character : William Esper teaches the Meisner technique, William Esper and Damon Dimarco
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction by Patricia Heaton -- Prologue -- Bill's class for the second year -- Chapter one: welcome back -- and back to work -- Chapter two: gimps, limps, and lisps: physical impediments -- Chapter three: how being in intense pain can actually help your work -- Chapter four: how to explore drugs and alcohol without rehab, prison, or death -- Chapter five: imitation and point of view -- Chapter six: come, sit at the table! The essence of the character -- Chapter seven: still at the table: actions and super objectives -- Chapter eight: beats, homework, inner emotional lines, and particularizations -- Chapter nine: nursery rhymes -- Chapter ten: spoon rivers -- Chapter eleven: periods and styles -- Chapter twelve: periods and styles in practice -- Chapter thirteen: acting in film and TV -- Chapter fourteen: commencement: the serious actor business -- Afterword by David Mamet
Control code
1095181
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
xix, 282 pages
Isbn
9780345805683
Isbn Type
(Paperback)
Lccn
2013042480
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780345805683
  • (OCoLC)855581197
Label
The actor's guide to creating a character : William Esper teaches the Meisner technique, William Esper and Damon Dimarco
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction by Patricia Heaton -- Prologue -- Bill's class for the second year -- Chapter one: welcome back -- and back to work -- Chapter two: gimps, limps, and lisps: physical impediments -- Chapter three: how being in intense pain can actually help your work -- Chapter four: how to explore drugs and alcohol without rehab, prison, or death -- Chapter five: imitation and point of view -- Chapter six: come, sit at the table! The essence of the character -- Chapter seven: still at the table: actions and super objectives -- Chapter eight: beats, homework, inner emotional lines, and particularizations -- Chapter nine: nursery rhymes -- Chapter ten: spoon rivers -- Chapter eleven: periods and styles -- Chapter twelve: periods and styles in practice -- Chapter thirteen: acting in film and TV -- Chapter fourteen: commencement: the serious actor business -- Afterword by David Mamet
Control code
1095181
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
xix, 282 pages
Isbn
9780345805683
Isbn Type
(Paperback)
Lccn
2013042480
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780345805683
  • (OCoLC)855581197

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