Different Every Night : Freeing the Actor,9781854599674

Different Every Night : Freeing the Actor

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ISBN13: 9781854599674
ISBN10: 1854599674
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-04-01
Publisher(s): Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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Summary

This book is the culmination of a lifetime's work in the theatre. In it Mike Alfreds dares to do what very few directors other than Stanislavsky have done: he takes us into the rehearsal room and describes an immensely detailed methodology for the actor to bring the text to life, and, crucially, to keep it alive right up to the final performance. Indeed, he demonstrates that by investing in the truth of every moment, the actor can ensure that a performance will be 'different every night'.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. xi
A Practical Guidep. xvii
Health and Safety Warningsp. xxi
Introductions
Curriculum Vitaep. 3
The Primacy of the Actorp. 12
Permanent Trainingp. 27
Concepts
Process v. Resultsp. 37
Want! Do! Feel!p. 42
Want: Objectivesp. 48
Scene Objectivesp. 49
Through-Linesp. 56
Super-Objectivesp. 58
Counter-Objectivesp. 63
Do: Actionsp. 64
Beatsp. 78
Obstaclesp. 84
The Hierarchy of Actions and Objectivesp. 86
Feel: Emotionp. 91
Given Circumstancesp. 104
Preparation
The Purpose of Preparationp. 111
Preparing the Textp. 112
Deconstructing the Textp. 120
Titling the Actsp. 121
Sectionsp. 124
Unitsp. 125
Actionsp. 133
A Pyramid of Titlesp. 139
Preparing the Rehearsalsp. 141
Castingp. 150
The Work: Rehearsal, Production, Performance
Rehearsal: Some Basic Principlesp. 157
The Textp. 163
Actioningp. 164
Text - No Text - Textp. 175
Feeding-Inp. 178
Points of Concentrationp. 183
Logic Textp. 196
Character
The Starting Pointp. 203
The Character Listsp. 206
Character Developmentp. 224
Techniques Towards Characterisationp. 229
The Actor and the Rolep. 241
The World of the Play
Discovering New Worldsp. 245
Starting Pointsp. 249
Self-Blockingp. 261
Practice: A Handful of Dust; Marriagep. 265
Bringing the Strands Togetherp. 279
Productionp. 286
Performancep. 295
Unclogging the Work
Clearing the Decks for Actionp. 303
Bad Behaviourp. 304
Actors and Directorsp. 313
Actors' Fearsp. 319
Directors' Fearsp. 329
Rigourp. 335
Coda: Summing Up
Recapitulationp. 343
Glossaryp. 347
Further Readingp. 359
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