{"product_id":"working-with-actors-stephen-bayly-9781350295285","title":"Working with Actors: Meisner Technique for Directors and Actors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorking with Actors\u003c\/i\u003e provides the key to unlocking the honest, dynamic performance every actor has within them. It offers a well-articulated formulation of the Meisner Technique easy for directors and actors to use within a working context. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough setting out an accessible training programme for practitioners working across stage and screen, this book establishes a clear-cut route to building a three-dimensional character in an organic, non-intellectual fashion, based squarely on the character's objectives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew books in this field venture out of the training studio, while in this book - alongside offering an intense and concentrated Meisner training programme - the focus is more on the 'pay-off': the collaborative act of developing the role and how that plays out in rehearsal and performance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeyond that, the books uniquely offers: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt; a new modality for script reading, analysis and rehearsal through which the character is born in relation to other characters; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt; a prioritisation of the key skills for coming alive in the moment - listening and putting one's attention wholly on the other character\/actor; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt; a historical perspective on how Meisner's methods have evolved and why they provide the basis of truthful acting; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt; for directors, a format for analysis of the complete work based on Stanislavskian principles; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt; for actors, complementary methods, such as Uta Hagen's 'endowment', to enhance the 'reality of doing'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Bayly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350295280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350295285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Stephen Bayly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444558803199,"sku":"9781350295285","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_59856053-1bbf-43a9-a6a7-ceec1bcf9663.jpg?v=1777213074","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/working-with-actors-stephen-bayly-9781350295285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}