Acting with Adler
An expanded and updated edition of Joanna Rotté’s acclaimed Acting with Adler, featuring new reflections on Adler in her historical context and from the vantage point of today.

"1004092744"
Acting with Adler
An expanded and updated edition of Joanna Rotté’s acclaimed Acting with Adler, featuring new reflections on Adler in her historical context and from the vantage point of today.

22.95 Pre Order

Paperback

$22.95 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
    Available for Pre-Order. This item will be released on August 20, 2024
  • PICK UP IN STORE

    Store Pickup available after publication date.

Related collections and offers


Overview

An expanded and updated edition of Joanna Rotté’s acclaimed Acting with Adler, featuring new reflections on Adler in her historical context and from the vantage point of today.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493085118
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 08/20/2024
Pages: 252
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Joanna Rotté is the author of the book Scene Change: A Theatre Diary—Prague, Moscow, Leningrad and of articles appearing in theatre journals and online arts and culture publications. She is emerita professor of theatre at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, where she taught acting and script analysis and directed plays for thirty years, including seven years as head of the theatre department. She is a volunteer teaching artist in the New York state prison system and offers a master class at the Stella Adler Studio. She is a member of Actors Equity. An archive of her writing, performances, and productions may be found at www.joannarotte.com

or www.homepage.villanova.edu/joanna.rotte.

Table of Contents

Foreword11
Introduction15
IThe Development of the Actor28
Artistic Standards28
Spiritual Standards36
Physical Standards40
Body40
Voice46
IIThe Resources of the Actor51
The Life of the World51
The Life of the Imagination59
The Life of Ideas64
The Life of Materials71
Costume71
Properties76
IIIAction: What the Actor Does79
The Physiology of Action79
Simple Doing84
Complication of the Doing88
Circumstances Around the Doing91
Attitude while Doing100
Justification of the Doing103
The Theme in Action107
The Anatomy of Action110
Inner Action113
Verbal Action118
Physical Action124
The Emotion in Action128
IVCharacterization: Who the Actor Becomes132
Character According to Type136
Individualizing the Character141
Coloring the Individual149
Heightening Character154
Character According to Society159
The Greeks160
The Clergy163
The Aristocracy165
The Peasantry166
The Middle Class169
VText: What the Actor Knows173
A Stella Adler Chronology189
From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews