Respect for Acting

by Uta Hagen, David Hyde Pierce (contributor), Katie Finneran (contributor)

Genres: Audiobook, Theatre

Audio CD

Published April 16, 2024

Reviews

[Joseph Chen]

I realize that I have been disrespectful towards acting as an art and I apologize dearly to Uta Hagen for ever having done so

[Rodrigo Ceccato de Freitas]

Muito bem organizado e escrito, a Uta Hagen certamente tem um método muito bem definido e muito bem planejado.

É certamnete um livro que irei revisitar no futuro, cada página contem muita informaçao

[Courtney :)]

finally finished!!! yay!!

[Gabrielle]

hey guys what does it mean when one starts reading acting books is it over? guys? guys?

[Michael]

Entertainment & Engagement: Mixed. Engaging in parts, but the anecdotes fall flat and drag the overall experience down.

Educational Value: Great. Comprehensive, covering a wide range of aspects of the craft.

Effort, Accessibility & Aesthetic Impact: Good. An easy read; chapter lengths are digestible and the prose avoids unnecessary technical jargon.

Practical Application: Great. The bulk of the book consists of chapters devoted to practical application for actors.

Value for Writers: Good. Its treatment of character, obstacles, and objectives offers a different lens that should prove useful for fiction writing and scene construction.

[Daniel Tol]

3,5 stars rounded up to 4

I especially loved part 1 which has some real gems of advice and thoughts on art in general.

Though I don’t really feel like doing the self-directed exercises in the book myself, especially since I have acting classes twice a week. But besides that it still has lot of applicable advice.

[Veronica Szafoni]

Love uta’s wisdom and it seems to hold up aside from it technically being originally published in 1973 - took forever to read because of me, not because of her. Truly was a very delicious read and I do love how she goes into such colorful detail about each particular example of a scene or idea or circumstance, and endows everything so deeply and beautifully!!!

[Carol Arap]

one of many theater books to be reviewed in the next few months as i’m in the midst of working on my senior comps.

not only beautiful and passionate opinions and thoughts on theater, but really grounding in an educational sense. Hagen brings you back to the basics not in a patronizing way, but in a let’s-return-to-why-we-do-this-at-its-core

[Caroline Daniels]

probably should have read this freshman year

[Meli]

A quintessential read for any actor and theatre maker - Hagen's teachings resonate till this day.