An Actor Performs

by Mel Shapiro

Whether you are a beginning, intermediate, or advanced students of acting, AN ACTOR PERFORMS will help you use your experience and imagination to approach performance! You'll explore problems common to all actors: 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.

219 pages, 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!