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This introductory acting text emphasizes the actor's responsibility to tell the story of the play. Through an engaging presentation of anecdotes and techniques, including more than 100 exercises, this text teaches beginning actors their craft as it casts them in the role of storytellers in service of the script. A complete play, Rules of Love, by Joe Pintauro, is included.
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Not a bold new theory of acting, but an introduction for serious beginning actors to the classic methods based on Stanislavski using an approach that Miller (U. of Miami) has developed over the years. He insists that actors are responsible to serve any dramatic situation by making choices that create the best possible story of their character, while at the same time serving the overall story of the play, the scene, and every moment. This means, he says, that actors must think quite a bit before they hit the boards. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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