Letters to a Young Actor: A Universal Guide to Performance

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Basic Books, 2005 - 234 pàgines
The founder and director of the Yale Repertory Theater, as well as Harvard's American Repertory Theater, and the drama critic for The New Republic for going on thirty years, Robert Brustein is a living legend in theatrical circles. In Letters to a Young Actor, he not only seeks to inspire the multitudes of struggling dramatists out pounding the pavement, but also to reinvigorate the very state of the art of acting itself.Brustein is a man of strong opinions and formidable intellect. Stocked with a wealth of stories about the now rich and famous (he has at various points in his career cultivated such talent as actors Meryl Streep, Marisa Tomei, Cherry Jones, Debra Winger, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Walken, Tony Shalhoub, Henry Winkler, Christopher Lloyd, Claire Bloom, and many, many more), he brings both passion and a peerless authority to his subject. His telling anecdotes from decades of experience help explain how and why those who made it big are the successes they are today-and what struggles they faced along the way. From why Method acting is not the answer, to the critical importance of paying attention in English Lit. classes, Brustein's advice is clear, persuasive, and inspiring.

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Prologue
1
The Pleasures of Imitation
7
An Actors Calling
13
The AntiTheatrical Prejudice
20
How to Act in College
26
How to Act in Drama School
38
Into the Real World
45
Looking for Work
54
Actors and Management
104
Actors and Audiences
115
Actors and Directors
123
Actors and Auteurs
136
Actors and Playwrights
146
Actors and Designers
158
Actors and Coaches
170
Actors and Critics
184

Some Exemplary Careers
60
The Transforming Actor
77
The Actors Intelligence 85 585
85
Film Versus Theatre
89
The Repertory Ideal
95
WORKING THERE
103
Ephemeris Ephemeris
207
Epilogue
213
Acknowledgments
215
About the Author
217
Index
219
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Sobre l'autor (2005)

An Ivy League-pedigreed teacher, actor, director, playwright, critic, and lifelong supporter of the theater, Robert Brustein has taught countless current stage and screen superstars, supervised well over 200 theatrical productions. His thirteen books used as texts for theater classes the world over.

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