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Method Acting Reconsidered

Theory, Practice, Future

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. I Hate Strasberg

      • David Krasner
      Pages 3-39
  3. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
    2. The Reality of Doing

      • David Z. Saltz
      Pages 61-79
    3. Acting and Answerability

      • Marla Carlson
      Pages 81-95
    4. Just Be Yourself

      • Louise M. Stinespring
      Pages 97-109
    5. Reconciling the Past and the Present

      • Elizabeth C. Stroppel
      Pages 111-123
  4. Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
    2. Mining My Own Business

      • Deb Margolin
      Pages 127-134
    3. Standards and Practices

      • Doug Moston
      Pages 135-146
    4. Redefining Acting

      • Brant L. Pope
      Pages 147-157
    5. Significant Action

      • Jean Dobie Giebel
      Pages 159-167
    6. Burdens of Representation

      • David Wiles
      Pages 169-178
    7. Practicing the Paradox

      • Peter Lobdell
      Pages 179-187
    8. The Heart as Center

      • James Luse
      Pages 189-197
  5. Future

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
    2. Random Acts

      • Paul S. Kassel
      Pages 219-228

About this book

Method Acting is one of the most popular and controversial approaches to acting in the United States. It has not only shaped important schools of acting, but has been a fundamental constant of all American acting. This insightful volume explores Method Acting from a broad perspective, focusing on a point of equilibrium between the principles of the Method and its relationship to other theories of performance. David Krasner has gathered together some of the most well-known theater scholars and acting teachers to look at the Method. By concentrating on three areas of the Method - its theory, practice, and future application - the collection will serve to inform and teach us how to approach acting and acting theory in the 21st century.

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