An essential companion for actors in rehearsal - a thesaurus of action words...
A classic text for theatre and film it has sold 100,000 copies in its first...
In this actor's guidebook, an accomplished acting coach shares her lifetime...
Boal, a man who truly understands the balance between artistry and education, provides an excellent set of instructive methods for theatre practitioners, or indeed, any one interested in using theatre to help colleagues, friends or patients, access difficult elements within their own natures. While I can't speak to this book's validity as a text for artistic therapy, I can say that reading this book sparked such a desire to teach and see these exercises in practice, that it was all I could do not to walk up to random people on side walks and say: "excuse me, do you feel like playing a little game called 'Analogy'?" But then I remembered that such educator related neuroses probably would not be looked upon favorably by those who renew my teaching license. Still, the strength of Boal lies in his gentle, considerate guidance. The same manners he used in running his own workshops are on display in the text here. He doesn't mandate obedience to the forms, but rather offers assistance. Any teacher who hopes to help students on their way to greater artistry could benefit from a review of Boal's methods.
Sigh. Read it, love it, and then get over it. Living by this book quickly becomes boring, sort of like a very friendly dog; the licking kind. It's better if your second best friend owns it.
this book is rocking my world. making me want to find a full-time drama teacher job. but where do those exist?
awesome book, awesome introduction to Boal's philosophy of theater.
Everything I needed to know I learned from Marc Weinblatt.
A werewolf gang-war mini-epic written in free verse (!!!). If it had stopped...
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