{"product_id":"9781472530042","title":"Actor’s Workbook A Practical Guide to Training, Rehearsing and Devising + Video","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTheatre Arts Workbooks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eActor’s Workbook\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Practical Guide to Training, Rehearsing and Devising + Video\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlex Clifton\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Acting \u0026amp; Auditioning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Actor's Workbook \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential workbook for actors, actors in training and teachers of acting and drama. The workbook and video provide a clear, step-by-step guide to learning techniques in acting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book presents a system of exercises which will develop core acting skills, offers techniques for developing an authored role and models for devising new work. These techniques are based on the practices of Konstantin Stanislavski and his recent theatrical descendants including Uta Hagen, Sanford Meisner, Michael Chekhov and others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe exercises in the book are outlined in a student-centred approach, offering not only in-class exercises, but also pre-class exercises, educational frameworks, teaching-tips, suggested texts through which to apply the work, follow-up exercises and suggestions for further reading in each chapter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnabling and guiding the actor's sustainable, communicable, believable transformation into an imagined reality, this workbook is filled with powerful and precise acting tools, each underpinned by a rigorous and well-explained philosophy of practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Actor's Workbook \u003c\/i\u003eincludes video of the author teaching the exercises, with professional actors demonstrating the techniques to be learned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlex Clifton\u003c\/b\u003e has worked as an assistant director at the Royal National Theatre; resident director at English National Opera; and freelance theatre and opera director. He is now an Acting Tutor at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), specialising in teaching Stanislavski's technique. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Higher Education and a trustee of the International Schools' Theatre Association. Alex is co-founder and Artistic Director of The Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, the UK's leading open air theatre outside London.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 May 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781472530042\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e384\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515148796044,"sku":"9781472530042","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b961ca49-5051-4848-a0b0-a6055ac1efdf.jpg?v=1784688539","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781472530042","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}