Playing the Audience: The Practical Actor's Guide to Live PerformanceApplause, 2002 - 257 páginas In this book divided into eight chapters, author James Nicola reveals how the technique of live acting springs directly from the unique relationship between the performer and the spectator. Playing the Audience includes advice on: creating a character from the stage - from external gestures to inner dialogue; scoring the text; subtext; emotional memory; substitution; conflict; objectives; through-line of action; improvisation; blocking a scene; language and speech; connecting to the world of the play; and much more. |
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... eyes are the window to the soul . Find ways to share the back of your eyes with the audience to involve them , especially at your character's richest moments . See if you can get away with looking right at the audience during those ...
... eyes are the window to the soul . Find ways to share the back of your eyes with the audience to involve them , especially at your character's richest moments . See if you can get away with looking right at the audience during those ...
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... eyes or stare at a spot on the ceiling , but don't let your eyes start wandering around . What you are going to do is fill your furnace of emotions and images , word by word . Say the first word of your speech aloud . Then think about ...
... eyes or stare at a spot on the ceiling , but don't let your eyes start wandering around . What you are going to do is fill your furnace of emotions and images , word by word . Say the first word of your speech aloud . Then think about ...
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... eyes . Lysander : Ay me ! for aught that I could ever read , Could ever hear by tale or history , The course of true love never did run smooth ; But either it was different in blood- Hermia : O cross ! too high to be enthrall'd to [ low ] ...
... eyes . Lysander : Ay me ! for aught that I could ever read , Could ever hear by tale or history , The course of true love never did run smooth ; But either it was different in blood- Hermia : O cross ! too high to be enthrall'd to [ low ] ...
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