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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Page 129
The Actor as Storyteller Tim McDonough. the angel . In what direction does St. Michael appear ? One generally places unseen characters and events in or above the audience . Now map the direction in which you run away . What are the ...
The Actor as Storyteller Tim McDonough. the angel . In what direction does St. Michael appear ? One generally places unseen characters and events in or above the audience . Now map the direction in which you run away . What are the ...
Page 190
... direction ( from the pandemonium of the fight ) gives you a sensuous , truthful , effective way of playing both the footsteps and how Wesley listens to them . When you back off in the opposite direction , you should always ask yourself ...
... direction ( from the pandemonium of the fight ) gives you a sensuous , truthful , effective way of playing both the footsteps and how Wesley listens to them . When you back off in the opposite direction , you should always ask yourself ...
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... direction were the whole truth . • Avoid I - don't - care , it - doesn't - bother - me , I'm - on - top - of - it choices like the plague . Your character should not be in control of the situation ; on the contrary , you should be ...
... direction were the whole truth . • Avoid I - don't - care , it - doesn't - bother - me , I'm - on - top - of - it choices like the plague . Your character should not be in control of the situation ; on the contrary , you should be ...
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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