The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character
Author: Esper, William
ISBN: 9780345805683
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Apr 2014
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
Celebrated acting teacher Bill Esper's step-by-step approach to the central problem in acting: learning to play a character. AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL.
William Esper, one of the most celebrated acting teachers of our time, takes us through his step-by-step approach to the central challengeofadvancedacting work: creating and playing a character.
Esper's first book, The Actor's Art and Craft, earned praise for describing the basics taught in his famous first-year acting class. The Actor's Guide to Creating a Charactercontinues the journey. In these pages, co-author Damon DiMarco vividly re-creates Esper's second-year course, again through the experiences of a fictional class. Esper's training builds on Sanford Meisner's legendary exercises, a world-renowned technique that Esper further developed through his long association with Meisner andthe decades he has spent training a host of distinguished actors. His approach is flexible enough to apply to any role, helping actors to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives.
ISBN: 9780345805683
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Apr 2014
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
Celebrated acting teacher Bill Esper's step-by-step approach to the central problem in acting: learning to play a character. AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL.
William Esper, one of the most celebrated acting teachers of our time, takes us through his step-by-step approach to the central challengeofadvancedacting work: creating and playing a character.
Esper's first book, The Actor's Art and Craft, earned praise for describing the basics taught in his famous first-year acting class. The Actor's Guide to Creating a Charactercontinues the journey. In these pages, co-author Damon DiMarco vividly re-creates Esper's second-year course, again through the experiences of a fictional class. Esper's training builds on Sanford Meisner's legendary exercises, a world-renowned technique that Esper further developed through his long association with Meisner andthe decades he has spent training a host of distinguished actors. His approach is flexible enough to apply to any role, helping actors to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives.
