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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792198503321

Autore

Cohen Robert <1938-, >

Titolo

Acting power : the 21st century edition / / Robert Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-12316-0

0-203-07599-4

1-299-27928-7

1-135-12317-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

792.02/8

Soggetti

Acting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the actor's viewpoint -- Out of the self -- Into the other -- Playing character -- Playing style -- Playing the performance -- Acting power: a synthesis.

Sommario/riassunto

'Robert Cohen's book, Acting Power, follows the tradition of his other book, Acting One, and has been the veritable bible for acting teachers for the last quarter century.' - David Krasner, Emerson College'This book, above all else, is an attempt to explore the qualities of acting power.... to suggest to you, the actor, an approach toward not merely good acting but powerful acting. Great actors display the power to frighten - and the power to seduce - and can shift between the one and the other like a violinist can her notes.' - From th