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A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE ACTOR
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A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE ACTOR Soft cover - 1986

by Melissa Bruder; Lee Michael Cohn; Madeleine Olnek; Nathaniel Pollack; Robert Previtio; Scott Zigler

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New York, NY: Vintage Books/Random House, 1986. Stated First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Stated First Edition. Softcover/Fine. NOTE: Inexplicabe cross-bars to dedication page. Highly regarded guide to the art of acting. Defining the goal of an actor being finding a way "to live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances of the play", this lucid & terse handbook is both deep and profound pathway pointing towards that goal. 94 pgs, 12 chapters in 2 parts: Part I: The Technique, Chapt 1, Physical Action; 2, Analyzing a Scene; 3, The Truth of the Moment; 4, Externals; 5, Preparing for the Scene; 6, Troubleshooting; and 7, The Tools of the Craft. Part II, Pitfalls (Working in the Real World), Chpt 8, Introduction; 9, The Emotional Trap; 10, The Myth of Character; 11, Keeping the Theatre Clean; and 12, Conclusion, followed by Glossary & 4 appendices.
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6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.

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Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek, Nathaniel Pollack, Robert Previto, and Scott Zigler are actors who worked with David Mamet and W. H. Macy at New York University and at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Members of the Practical Aesthetics Workshop, they helped found the Atlantic Theatre Company with Mamet and Macy in 1985.