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Sanford Meisner on acting

Title
Sanford Meisner on acting / Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell ; introduction by Sydney Pollack.
Author
Meisner, Sanford
Publication
  • New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, [1987]
  • ©1987
Supplementary Content
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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Additional Authors
  • Longwell, Dennis
  • Pollack, Sydney, 1934-2008
Description
xix, 252 pages; 21 cm
Summary
Taking readers step-by-step through the most basic acting exercises to critiques of performances in scenes from contemporary American plays, this volume follows a class of eight at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where Meisner has taught for fifty years.
Subject
Note
  • "A Vintage original"--Title page verso.
Contents
Introduction by Sydney Pollack -- Setting the scene: Duse's blush -- Building a foundation: the reality of doing -- The pinch and the ouch -- The knock on the door -- Beyond repetition -- Preparation: "In the harem of my head" -- Improvisation -- More on preparation: "Quick as a flame" -- The magic "as if" : particularization -- "Making the part your own" -- Some thoughts on actors and on acting -- Final scenes: "Instead of 'merely' the truth" -- "Spring Awakening" by Frank Wedekind -- "A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden" by Meade Roberts -- "Golden Boy" by Clifford Odets -- "The Seagull" by Anton Chekov -- "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams.
Call Number
MWEQ 87-3665
ISBN
  • 0394750594
  • 9780394750590
LCCN
86046187
OCLC
14931215
Author
Meisner, Sanford, author.
Title
Sanford Meisner on acting / Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell ; introduction by Sydney Pollack.
Publisher
New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, [1987]
Copyright Date
©1987
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Added Author
Longwell, Dennis, author.
Pollack, Sydney, 1934-2008, writer of introduction.
Other Form:
Online version: Meisner, Sanford. Sanford Meisner on acting. 1st ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1987 (OCoLC)570525677
Research Call Number
MWEQ 87-3665
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