Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus
by Marina Caldarone and Maggie Lloyd-Williams
An essential companion for actors in
rehearsal – a thesaurus of actions words to revitalize performance.
Actors need actions. They cannot act
moods. They need to be doing something with every line. They need verbs.
They need an aim to achieve, and an action selected to help them achieve
that aim.
“Actions” are active verbs. In order
to perform a line truthfully, the actor needs to find exactly the right
action to suit that particular situation and that particular line. That
is where this book comes in…
It is a thesaurus of active verbs, with
which the actor can refine the acting choice until s/he hits exactly
the right action to help make each line come alive. “Actioning”
is a widely used rehearsal and performance technique: this book makes
it available for the first time in an organized and comprehensive form.
“If you want to act, or act better,
Actions will take you a long way on the journey to excellence.”
— Terry Johnson
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