A masterful introduction to the actor's craft presents a series of rigorous but flexible exercises, based on the Meisner Technique of acting, designed to help actors deal with a wide variety of performance challenges. Original. 15,000 first printing.
A masterful introduction to the actor's craft presents a series of rigorous but flexible exercises, based on the Meisner Technique of acting, designed to help actors deal with a wide variety of performance challenges. Original. 15,000 first printing.
William Esper was a graduate of Western Reserve University and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York City. Bill trained as both actor and teacher under Sanford Meisner. Bill and Sandy worked closely together for 17 years, during which time Bill served as Associate Director of the Playhouses's Acting Department (1973-1976). Bill founded the William Esper Studio in 1965 and the Professional Actor Training Program at Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1977. These two schools are renowned for routinely contributing actors of the highest quality to the International stage and screen. Bill died in 2019 at age 86. Damon DiMarco earned his M.F.A. from the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts under Bill Esper's tutelage. He acts professionally on stage, screen, and TV, and teaches at Drew University. Damon's other books include, Tower Stories: an Oral History of 9/11; Heart of War: Soldiers' Voices from the Front Lines of Iraq; and My Two Chinas: The Memoir of a Chinese Counterrevolutionary with Baiqiao Tang, which features a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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Foreward by David Mamet Prologue Bill’s Class ONE — Begin Again — Empty Your Cup TWO — The First Exercise — Did You Hear What He Said? THREE — Repition Continues — Did You Really Hear What He Really Said? FOUR — Developing Concentration FIVE — How to Justify Absolutely Anything SIX — Don’t Gird Yourself to Act; Open Yourself to Receive SEVEN — Objectives and Expectations: Be Careful What You Want EIGHT — Action Problems: Awaken Your Inner Criminal NINE — Scene Work: Private Conversations — Approach the Text and Pick Up Your Impulses TEN — Farewell to Repition: Don’t Do Anything Unless Something Happens to Make You Do It ELEVEN — Daydreams, Fantasies, and Your Inner Life: Emotional Preparation TWELVE — Relationships: I Know He’s Your Brother, but Who Is He Really? THIRTEEN — The Domestic Exercise: How Are Things At Home? FOURTEEN — The Second Round of Scene Work: Go Deeper into the Text FIFTEEN — Final Questions: It’s a Wrap. Now Where Do We Go from Here? Acknowledgments
Foreward by David Mamet Prologue Bill’s Class ONE — Begin Again — Empty Your Cup TWO — The First Exercise — Did You Hear What He Said? THREE — Repition Continues — Did You Really Hear What He Really Said? FOUR — Developing Concentration FIVE — How to Justify Absolutely Anything SIX — Don’t Gird Yourself to Act; Open Yourself to Receive SEVEN — Objectives and Expectations: Be Careful What You Want EIGHT — Action Problems: Awaken Your Inner Criminal NINE — Scene Work: Private Conversations — Approach the Text and Pick Up Your Impulses TEN — Farewell to Repition: Don’t Do Anything Unless Something Happens to Make You Do It ELEVEN — Daydreams, Fantasies, and Your Inner Life: Emotional Preparation TWELVE — Relationships: I Know He’s Your Brother, but Who Is He Really? THIRTEEN — The Domestic Exercise: How Are Things At Home? FOURTEEN — The Second Round of Scene Work: Go Deeper into the Text FIFTEEN — Final Questions: It’s a Wrap. Now Where Do We Go from Here? Acknowledgments
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