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Title: TO THE ACTOR
ON THE TECHNIQUE OF ACTING
By: Michael Chekhov, Mala Powers (Editor), Andrei Malaev-Babel (Trans)
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0415258758
ISBN 13: 9780415258753
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Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 9 May, 2002
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Pages: 288
Description: This handbook for professional and amateur actors and directors is designed to train your imagination and body to quickly and effectively call up emotion, develop characters, and strengthen awareness. It includes new material on one of Chekhov's techniques, "psychological gesture".
Synopsis: Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor has been revised and expanded by Mala Powers to explain, clearly and concisely, the essential techniques for every actor from developing a character to strengthen awareness. Chekhov's simple and practical method - successfully used by professional actors all over the world - trains the actor's imagination and body to fulfill its potential. To the Actor includes a previously unpublished chapter on 'Psychological Gesture', translated into English by the celebrated director Andrei Malaev - Babel; a new biographical overview by Mala Powers; and a foreword by Simon Callow. This book is a vital text for actors and directors including acting and theatre history students.
Illustrations: 20 line drawings
Publication: UK
Imprint: Routledge
Returns: Returnable
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