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Respect for Acting: Expanded Version

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Availability:In StockContributor:Uta Hagen, Haskel Frankel (With), Katie Finneran (Foreword by)Publish date:2023-04-25Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Jossey-BassISBN-13:9781119913573ISBN-10:1119913578UPC:9781119913573Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Acting & Auditioning, TheaterBook Topic:Broadway & MusicalsSize:8.50 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCF11FN91T

The classic book on acting, in an attractive updated edition

Since its original publication in 1973, Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting has remained a durable classic and a must-read for all students of acting. As an acting instructor at the Herbert Berghof Studio, Hagen helped to develop the talents of world-class actors like Robert DeNiro, Matthew Broderick, Gene Wilder, Amanda Peet, Austin Pendleton, Whoopi Goldberg, and more. In this book, Hagen offers an indispensable account of the techniques that professionals use to elevate their acting to an art form. This updated edition illuminates Hagen's original text with a new foreword written by Katie Finneran, retaining the David Hyde Pierce foreword, along with added background on HB Studio--one of the original New York performing arts training and practice spaces--and an excerpt from Hagen's autobiography SOURCES.

In working through this book, actors will learn physical, verbal, and emotional practice that empower them to connect their own self-concept to the characters they play. Specific, detailed exercises help actors learn to address a range of problems actors face, like maintaining immediacy and relevance, and developing the dimensions of a role over a long performance run. Respect for Acting is a book for actors and audiences who understand the need for truth in the creative process.

  • Discover the acting book that has shaped professional theater performances for decades
  • Learn the history and background of Herbert Berghof Studio, one of New York's foremost acting schools
  • Practice the craft of acting with concrete exercises and instruction on technique
  • Delve into the deep questions that arise when actors truly inhabit the lives of their characters

Actors at all levels of their craft will love this stunning updated version of the essential Respect for Acting.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Jossey-BassISBN-13:9781119913573ISBN-10:1119913578UPC:9781119913573Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Acting & Auditioning, TheaterBook Topic:Broadway & MusicalsSize:8.50 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCF11FN91T

UTA HAGEN, Tony Award-winning actor and renowned acting teacher, co-founded HB Studio in New York City with her husband, Herbert Berghof, where she trained actors including Al Pacino, Jason Robards, Jack Lemmon, Whoopi Goldberg, and Christine Lahti. On stage she starred in groundbreaking productions with José Ferrer, Paul Robeson, Anthony Quinn, and Marlon Brando. HB Studio is her legacy where new generations of actors come from around the world to study.

HASKEL FRANKEL worked as a journalist and critic for publications including The New York Times, The Saturday Evening Post, Saturday Review, The National Observer, Show and Playbill. He wrote and collaborated on many books including Milton Berle: An Autobiography, The Admiral's Daughter with Victoria Fyodorova and All My Patients Are Under the Bed with Louis J. Camuti.

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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3rd Edition

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