About this title: The actress and teacher guides actors in developing their art, covering such aspects as voice techniques, timing, rhythm, and including exercises to correct problems.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780684190402ISBN:0684190400
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 1991-11-01
ISBN-13:9780684190402ISBN:0684190400
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780684190402ISBN:0684190400
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. 2 small (repaired) tears in DJ at top of spine--text as new, bright and clean--inscribed "To Gloria" by Uta Hagen, 1995. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 336 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780684190402ISBN:0684190400
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780684190402ISBN:0684190400
Description: Very Good. Dust jacket included. book is in very good condition Goodwillnyonline carries a wide range of quality new and used items at competitive prices. Goodwillnyonline is operated by Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & Northern New Jersey. A major provider of services for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. read more
Description: Good. 0684190400 This Book Contains Textbook Student edition. No edition number listed. CD NOT INCLUDED. Light dirt, wear, fading, or curling of cover or spine. Good binding. NO apparent loose pages. NO apparent missing pages. Light writing and highlighting. Marker on cover or bottom edge of book. has a few wrinkled pages. jlr. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780684190402ISBN:0684190400
Description: Uta Hagen, internationally renowned actress and author, has writen a major new book that is sure to be welcomed in the field of acting. Actor's World covers voice techniques, timing, and rhythm. It teaches how to establish the identity of a character... read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Signed by Author(s) First edition, signed by the author on bookplate. Hardcover, very good condition. Dust jacket lightly shelfworn. read more
Description: Good. 0684190400 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Date Published: 1991
Description: Very good in very good jacket. 309 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1991). Inscribed and signed in full on the flyleaf: "For...With fond memories and many thanks Uta Oct. 8, 1991. " read more
"I think what Uta Hagen had to say here could have been said in an essay rather than a 300-page book. And from what other actors have told me, Hagen already said much of this in Respect for Acting anyway, but better. Regardless, I do not think I will be reading Hagen's other work, because I'm pretty sure I already understand her gist.
I'm sure Hagen is a great actress, and a great person. The respect she has for the theatre is admirable, and I appreciate that she tries to get actors to push themselves beyond rote, formulaic actions and representations of emotion.
However, I take issue with this book for a few reasons. First, Hagen is a serious snob. She bitches and moans continuously about 'sell-outs', people who do television or film work or even commercial theatre, because they are in it for the money and not the oh-so-important CRAFT. Well, Uta, not everyone can make a living without doing commercial work. Along the same lines, I dislike Uta's view that an actor must dedicate his ENTIRE LIFE and every waking moment to the art; is it to be assumed then, that those acting recreationally can never excel?
The exercises in this, too, seem like common sense to me - "If a cup needs to be hot, you should pretend that it is hot!" Well, Uta, thanks for blowing my mind on that front. I also appreciate your 5,000 examples of "ENDOWING OBJECTS" with characteristics, because the concept was REALLY tough for me to understand the first time.
I think, ultimately, that Hagen turns the art of acting into too much of a thinking game. She claims that acting does not come naturally to anyone, but I disagree - I think those with strong powers of perception and the ability to imitate have no need for many of her exercises, since accurate and specific imitations come to them without extra effort. Maybe this book would be helpful with truly atrocious actors, people that never pay attention to other people, but I think for anyone with a real shot at becoming a great actor, this stuff should inherently be a part of what they do, since it's incredibly BASIC. I don't mean to rag on Uta so hard, but I feel like I read 300 pages thinking, "Tell me something I don't know.""
"Uta Hagen clarified and revised the ideas presented in "Respect for Acting". If you had to choose between them, get this book. She teaches people to act by using their own life experiences. This book contains plenty of acting exercises that can be done alone."
"Even though I haven't been acting for years sometimes I'll do some of these exercises when I'm bored and I'm waiting for someone. They're all about going inside yourself and observing your behavior and then naturally replicating in in front of an audience."
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