Acting Narrative Speeches: The Actor as StorytellerMeriwether Pub., 2002 - 445 pages Narrative speeches, both classical and contemporary, are used to reveal how an actor can discover the inherent energy, the essence and the subtextual colours of every word and sentences of a dramatic speech. This book clearly demonstrates that any memorable performance needs far more than acting technique alone. In eighteen chapters actor/director/teacher McDonough defines in depth how an actor can find the often overlooked subtleties that create characters with dimension and moments of heightened reality. |
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... course precisely what actors do : create moments that are significant , actions which " sign " meaningfully . What is problematic about indicating is that it comes from outside the dramatic moment as if the actor were standing next to ...
... course precisely what actors do : create moments that are significant , actions which " sign " meaningfully . What is problematic about indicating is that it comes from outside the dramatic moment as if the actor were standing next to ...
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The Actor as Storyteller Tim McDonough. Appendix E A Sample Syllabus for a Course on Acting Narrative Speeches A course focused on narrative speeches should be a core offering in every performance curriculum . The skills and ...
The Actor as Storyteller Tim McDonough. Appendix E A Sample Syllabus for a Course on Acting Narrative Speeches A course focused on narrative speeches should be a core offering in every performance curriculum . The skills and ...
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... course on acting narrative speeches . The Finals The third speech and the audition showcase are opportunities for you to demonstrate that you have learned how to use the approaches of this course . Both events are meant to be learning ...
... course on acting narrative speeches . The Finals The third speech and the audition showcase are opportunities for you to demonstrate that you have learned how to use the approaches of this course . Both events are meant to be learning ...
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acceleration acting action actor Agamemnon Appendix Athi audience beginning body build caesura central moment chair character character's choices circumstances climax Clytemnestra conjure create deceleration develop draft E.E. Cummings emotional emphasize endwords energy example explore expressive eyes fade father feel feet from/to gesture Gus Edwards Hamlet hand happened hear Hotspur I'm Not Rappaport Imagine implicit scene impulses indirect quote inner conflict inside the story Juliet language layered look metaphor moments Monologues move movement narrative speeches onomatopoeia onomatopoetic opposites performance phrase physical play point of view possible pullback Puntila rehearsal reliving rhythm rhythmic Romeo Romeo and Juliet Sam Shepard seam sentence set the scene Shakespeare shape single image slow snake handling sound sense space specific spondee stage syllables talk tell the story telling a story theater Titania transition trochee Tybalt voice Wesley Weston words