{"product_id":"listening-and-talking-9781350107243","title":"Listening and Talking","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eListening and Talking: A Pathway to Acting \u003c\/i\u003eprovides undergraduate acting students with a clear, achievable, step-by-step way to approach the work of playing a role. The text is supplemented by exclusive video material to take the actor from their first encounter with the text through rehearsals with fellow actors and into performance. Drawing from the author''s twenty years'' experience of teaching at the Yale School of Drama, this book, which is influenced, too, by the work of legendary teachers such as Konstantin Stanislavski and Uta Hagen, presents a thorough examination of key aspects of the actor''s technique (for example, listening, playing an action and pursuing an objective). Throughout, it includes exercises and process points through which students can put into practice the key lessons from each chapter.The practices laid out in this book form a holistic curriculum that not only ensures measurable results over a semester- or year-long course, but also sets in motion an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements Introduction: Looking to the Path—What Is Acting?   \u003cb\u003ePart I: The Actor’s Path—Preparing for Rehearsals\u003c\/b\u003e  Chapter 1. Given Circumstances: What Will You Listen To? Reading the play  Chapter 2. Objectives: What Will You Listen For?  Chapter 3. Inhabiting Character   \u003cb\u003ePart II: The Character’s Path—Rehearsal\u003c\/b\u003e  Chapter 4. Action: Targeting your partner  Chapter 5. Building the Path   Chapter 6. Technique in Action: Rehearsal Strategies  \u003cb\u003ePart III: The Collaborator’s Path—From Rehearsal to Performance\u003c\/b\u003e  Chapter 7. Rehearsal practice  Chapter 8. In performance  In Conclusion","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019628052823,"sku":"9781350107243","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350107243.jpg?v=1750780832","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/listening-and-talking-9781350107243","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}