Being and Doing a Workbook for Actors - Softcover

Morris, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0399510656 ISBN 13: 9780399510656

Publisher: Penguin Putnam~trade, 1979

Synopsis

A fun and exciting workbook for actors to use in establishing a daily work schedule. Designed to help the actor integrate the two parts of the process, THE INSTRUMENT AND THE CRAFT. Which gives spontaneity, dimension, and authenticity to his performance. The numerous daily exercises deal with every aspect of acting including the actor's relationship to the business. Blank pages provide the actor with space to document his or her own involvement and progress. Being a workbook, every page is filled with a daily assignment and directions to practicing the exercises and applying them to dramatic material. Numerous photographs depict some recognizable actors involved in the work process. This is the second book by Eric Morris that chronicles his system of acting. It is a wonderful companion to "NO ACTING PLEASE" since it continues where that book ends

About this title

About the Author:

Eric Morris is one of the most controversial and exciting acting coaches in the history of American theater. With his unique approach to acting from a BEING place, he is revolutionizing the concept of performance. Eric Morris began his involvement in theater at Northwestern University, where he graduated with a degree in Dramatic Arts. His acting career of over one hundred Equity plays, twenty major motion pictures, fifty network television episodes, and running roles on two syndicated TV series led him on a search for new and workable acting techniques. His inherent passion for truth has resulted in the development of a process of work that is very specific in exploring the origins of individual talent and that encourages each actor's unique statement. Eric Morris lives and teaches in Los Angeles but also travels regularly to New York and other cities around the country to conduct workshops. He has founded the American New Theater, a company of bi-coastal actors who have a common approach to acting and a common goal of carrying that approach into theater and film.

Review:

"If you want to be still and full, Eric teaches the stuff.” -- Jack Nicholson

"When I read No Acting Please, it put it all together for me.” -- Johnny Depp

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Putnam~trade
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0399510656
• ISBN 13: 9780399510656
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204