Chekhov's one-acts are updated -- The Bear, The Proposal (1st act -- Oh, Love!), Wedding, Tobacco (Act II -- Ah, Marriage!), but I'm still working on the "funeral" (Last Day of Anton Chekhov). mini-chekhov
I am teaching DramLit -- groups.yahoo.com/group/dramlit (subscribe) and see THR215 for subjects, topics, titles.
Spring 2006 -- Waiting for Godot, Beckett -- new pages ( see shows )
FILM-NORTH & VIRTUAL THEATRE
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BANNERS + POPUPS + LINKS
I have a new site with that name eTheatre and this is not "instructional" webpages. More of the research side. Or theory?
The old directory Spectator is merging with vTheatre -- the same structure (Public, Actor, Director, Writer).
So, I have to redo the default page (front or index) again! I call it Third Age! The 3rd millennium, of course. And my third life (see PostAmerica and other nonfiction).
How to navigate the site:
First -- top left, the floating frame, the index directories pages.
Oh, no! There are many "service" pages: FAQ, help, guide, welcome and ect.
There is Directories page: click and see it in the "floating frame"!
Second -- the popup mini-windows with the basic links!
Third way -- go to Classes directory and follow the syllabus!
Finally -- the table at the bottom, or just click the link thr w/anatoly -- and you are back to the first page.
WHAT NOT TO DO:
Do not send me emails "I have a test tomorrow, please, help..."
"I can't find anything about Biomechanics..."
"What college can you recommend..."
There are several Forums you can subscribe or unsibscribe yourself; I try to make my pages "self-serve" kind.
This site is 3 year-old (summer 2001); there are dead-links here and there (please, report).
If you want to work with me on maintaing the site, write.
Most pages are still nothing more than my notes for myself.
If you want to place your link -- help yourself: HTMLgear you see on my pages for that purpose -- submit your links, if I like it, I approve it -- and you are linked.
My students print the pages they need (I do it too), it helps.
I teach "full-time" and I update my webpages all the time.
SHOWS: 12th Night
Cosider this directory as INTRO to THEATRE
Summary
This is the directory to start with, if you are new to my theatre webpages.Questions?
See FAQ pages (in every directory)Notes
* Acting III : Method
** Stage Directions : Stagematrix
** Film Directing : Filmmaking for Actors
** Playscript Analysis : Grammar of Drama
2006:
Beckett in Directing Class script breakdown
pomo.vtheatre.net : Americana (Mamet)
Blog film-north
Respect for Acting
In her introduction to Respect for Acting, actress and teacher Uta Hagen talks about a time when she herself had no respect for the art of acting. "I used to accept opinions such as: 'You're just born to be an actor'; 'Actors don't really know what they're doing on stage'; 'Acting is just instinct--it can't be taught.'" But this attitude of "you got it or you don't" is fundamentally one that denigrates the craft, as she points out. Great actors do not perform effortlessly, or merely through learning the appropriate tricks and cheats to manipulate an audience. Great acting is about the difficult fusion of intellect and action--about sincerely and truthfully connecting to the moment, your fellow actors, and the audience--and Hagen's thoughtful and profound book contains a series of observations and exercises to help an actor do just that. Her prose style is admirably clear and filled with examples from her own lengthy career both as a performer and in the classroom. While her exercises in sense memory and basic objects skirt close to the sort of self-absorption that followers of "the Method" are routinely accused of, they are presented clearly and with a focus on practical results. And in such places as her chapter "Practical Problems," which includes discussions of stage nerves and how to stay fresh in a long run, her straightforward advice is invaluable.
