In The Power of the Actor , a Los Angeles Times bestseller, premier acting teacher and coach Ivana Chubbuck reveals her cutting-edge technique, which has launched some of the most successful acting careers in Hollywood. The first book from the instructor who has taught Charlize Theron, Brad Pitt, Elisabeth Shue, Djimon Hounsou, and Halle Berry, The Power of the Actor ...(展开全部)

6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.

6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.

Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological problems of human beings when putting his own passions, his loves, fears, and rages to work in the service of the characters he plays. He will learn to face himself, to hide nothing from himself -- and to do so takes an insatiable curiosity about ...(展开全部)

How does an actor learn to: Call up emotion? Develop a character? Strengthen awareness? These are essential techniques for every actor, and Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor explains, clearly and concisely, how to develop them. Chekhov's simple and practical method - successfully used by professional actors all over the world - trains the actor's imagination and bo...(展开全部)

Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well.

"Refugee", I said, pointing at my chest. "Asylum". When Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport late one afternoon, he has a badly faked passport and exhibits no knowledge of English beyond these two words. He was once a furniture shop owner, a husband, and a father. Now he has arrived in England seeking asylum from his native Zanzibar, using silence and claiming ignorance as his...(展开全部)

On a late November afternoon Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, a far away island in the Indian Ocean. With him he has a small bag in which there lies his most precious possession - a mahogany box containing incense. He used to own a furniture shop, have a house and be a husband and father, but now he is an asylum seeker from paradise; silence his only protect...(展开全部)

On a late November afternoon Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, a far away island in the Indian Ocean. With him he has a small bag in which there lies his most precious possession - a mahogany box containing incense. He used to own a furniture shop, have a house and be a husband and father, but now he is an asylum seeker from paradise; silence his only protect...(展开全部)

著者 迈克尔·霍华德（Michael Howard，1923—2019），演员、戏剧导演、表演教师，70多年来一直是美国戏剧界的顶梁柱之一。20世纪40年代在纽约的邻里剧院跟随桑福德·迈斯纳学习，50年代在李·斯特拉斯伯格的私人课堂和演员工作室学习，表演生涯中曾与克利福德·奥德茨和乌塔·哈根等杰出剧作家、导演和演员合作，后转向导演和教学。他是亚特兰大联盟剧院的首任艺术总监，曾在茱莉亚学院和耶鲁大学戏剧学院任教。1953年在纽约创办了迈克尔·霍华德表演工作室，执教50余年，获得了广泛的国际认可。 译者 张越，男，80后，工学学士，戏剧与影视学硕士，喜欢电影和戏剧。现居北京。