Respect for acting / Uta Hagen ; with Haskel Frankel.
| Author/creator | Hagen, Uta |
| Other author | Frankel, Haskel. |
| Other author | Pierce, David Hyde. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2008. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | pt. 1. The actor. Concept -- Identity -- Substitution -- Emotional memory -- Sense memory -- The five senses -- Thinking -- Walking and talking -- Improvisation -- Reality -- pt. 2. The objective exercises. The basic object exercise -- Three entrances -- Immediacy -- The fourth wall -- Endowment -- Talking to yourself -- Outdoors -- Conditioning forces -- History -- Character action -- pt. 3. The play and the role. First contact with the play -- The character -- Circumstances -- Relationship -- The objective -- The obstacle -- The action -- The rehearsal -- Practical problems -- Communication -- Style / Uta Hagen and Haskel Frankel. |
| Abstract | Respect for Acting. "This fascinating and detailed book about acting is Miss Hagen's credo, the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself and those she [taught], and an explanation of the means to the end."--Publishers Weekly. "Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles on acting with vivid dicta drawn from experience, skill, and a sense of personal and professional worth. Her principal asset in this treatment is her truly significant imagination. Her 'object exercises' display a weal |
| General note | Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1973. |
| General note | "This edition reprints the original without alteration."--Page ii |
| General note | New foreword by David Hyde Pierce. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Hagen, Uta, 1919-2004. Respect for acting. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2008 9780470228487 0470228482 |
| ISBN | 9780470730164 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0470730161 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9780470730188 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0470730188 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1282123157 |
| ISBN | 9781282123151 |
| ISBN | (cloth) |
| ISBN | (cloth) |
| Stock number | E9CA8666-25E1-44C6-83AD-FD4CBAE4FB31 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |