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Letters to a young actor: a universal guide to performance

Robert Sanford Brustein c2005 © Hachette Book Group
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  • 9780465008148 (paper)
  • 9780465008063 (hardcover)
  • 9780786734023 (ebook)
Subject
  • Dance & Performance History
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • 1 Prologue (page 1)
  • I. STARTING OUT
    • 2 Inching into the Profession (page 4)
    • 3 The Pleasures of Imitation (page 7)
    • 4 An Actor's Calling (page 13)
    • 5 The Anti-Theatrical Prejudice (page 20)
  • II. GETTING THERE
    • 6 How to Act in College (page 26)
    • 7 The Case for Advanced Training (page 31)
    • 8 How to Act in Drama School (page 38)
    • 9 Into the "Real World" (page 45)
    • 10 When Worlds Collide (page 50)
    • 11 Looking for Work (page 54)
  • III. BEING THERE
    • 12 Some Exemplary Careers (page 60)
    • 13 The Transforming Actor (page 77)
    • 14 The Actor's Intelligence (page 85)
    • 15 Film Versus Theatre (page 89)
    • 16 The Repertory Ideal (page 95)
  • IV. WORKING THERE
    • 17 Actors and Management (page 104)
    • 18 Actors and Audiences (page 115)
    • 19 Actors and Directors (page 123)
    • 20 Actors and Auteurs (page 136)
    • 21 Actors and Playwrights (page 146)
    • 22 Actors and Designers (page 158)
    • 23 Actors and Coaches (page 170)
    • 24 Actors and Critics (page 184)
    • 25 Ephemeris, Ephemeris (page 207)
    • 26 Epilogue (page 213)
  • Acknowledgments (page 215)
  • About the Author (page 217)
  • Index (page 219)
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TTOP 16.1 (Mar. 2006): 103-104 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theatre_topics/v016/16.1irobi.html
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