An Actor Performs 2nd (second) edition Text Only

by Mel Shapiro

Integrating text analysis and techniques for using actor's experience and imagination to approach performance gives this first-edition text unique relevance. Equally useful to beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of acting, it addresses problems common to all understanding the text, finding it a viable interpretation, dealing with the language of the play, and using one's body and mind and imagination to create a fully realized performance.

Paperback

First published August 2, 1996

About the author

Mel Shapiro was an American theatre director, writer and academic.

Reviews

[Hanako · Rating 5 out of 5]

i totally agree with what mel shapiro says and i've learned so many new things and new exercises i want to try. the examples he gives are really engaging, and i just wish he was my teacher!