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Acting?

Acting?. Hamlet’s Speech to the Players. Hamlet’s words to the players:. Speak the lines of the author as written, distinctly and fluently, with an understanding of their meaning.

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Acting?

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  1. Acting?

  2. Hamlet’s Speech to the Players

  3. Hamlet’s words to the players: • Speak the lines of the author as written, distinctly and fluently, with an understanding of their meaning. • Do not use artificial or elaborate gestures. Keep energy in reserve in order to build to an emotional climax smoothly and effectively. • Do not resort to far-fetched action or noise simply to please unintelligent and unappreciative onlookers.

  4. Hamlet’s words to the players: • Let your discretion be your tutor. Match the action to the word and the word to the action. • Use your acting for what it is, a mirror unto the world.

  5. Konstatin Stanislavsky • Russian born actor / director who first prescribed a “Method” for acting.

  6. “Magic If” • Actors ask themselves what they would do if the events in the play were actually happening to them.

  7. Charcterization • Putting together all the facets of a character to bring life and interest to the character. • Facets: physical, emotional, vocal, scriptural, directorial.

  8. Roles • Leading Roles – main characters • Supporting Roles – smaller, but no less important • Protagonist – must solve the problem • Antagonist – opposes the protagonist

  9. Roles • Straight Parts – the actor closely resembles the part in appearance and personality • Character role – the actor does not resemble the part in appearance or personality.

  10. Roles • Juvenile – young male lead between 16 and 30 • Ingenue – young female lead between 16 and 30 • Foil – a character with whom another character, usually the protagonist, is compared.

  11. Roles • Bit part – a role with few lines • Walk-on role – appears briefly with no lines

  12. Stock / Dynamic Characters • STOCK – doesn’t change during the play. • DYNAMIC – goes through a change during the course of the play. Is somehow different.

  13. Approaching a role • Typecasting – Casting someone over and over again in the same kind of role • Casting by type – Casting someone for a role that matches their own voice, personality, and / or appearance.

  14. Blocking • Planned stage movement / business

  15. “Letting Go of Oneself”” • The elements of the CHARACTER must be readily apparent above the elements of you, the ACTOR.

  16. “Letting Go of Oneself”” • "As an actor, your job is to persuade people that you’re someone else. So if you’re constantly telling people about yourself, I think you’re shooting yourself in the foot.“ • Ben Whishaw

  17. “Letting Go of Oneself”” • “Wipe your feet at the door” • Stanislavski

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