An Actor's Dickens: Scenes for Audition and Performance from the Works of Charles DickensBeatrice Manley Hal Leonard Corporation, 2001 - 335 страници (Applause Books). Beatrice Manely has selected 80 scenes from various Dickens classics, providing as well, background information, a discussion of the character's emotional temperament, and a short summary of events that lead into the selected scene. This book for the first time allows actors to play Dickens in the unmatchable original. It is a useful guide for the classroom as well as for the actor training to capture the magic of Dickens, whether in an audition, on the movie screen, or on the stage. |
Съдържание
CHAPTER ONE | 9 |
Body Over Mind in Acting | 10 |
The Placebo Effect | 12 |
The Great Characters of Charles Dickens | 14 |
CHAPTER TWO | 17 |
To Breathe and Act Three Examples | 18 |
Body Over Mind in Acting 2 | 22 |
Playing a Straight Role | 24 |
Simon Tappertit Warns Sir John Chester | 152 |
Tappertit the Conquerer | 157 |
Arthur Gride and Deaf Peg | 158 |
Mr Squeers and Peg Sliderskew | 160 |
Squeers Turns on Ralph Nickleby | 169 |
PASSION | 172 |
Tulkinghorn and Hortense | 173 |
The Muderess | 178 |
About Authors | 27 |
A Reminder | 28 |
TO BREATHE AND ACT | 29 |
The Bricklayers Wife Jenny and Her Baby | 30 |
Hugh Frightens Dolly | 31 |
Joe Rescues Dolly | 34 |
The Little Maids Illness | 35 |
Young Martin Near Death | 36 |
A Fleeting Moment of Conscience for Steerforth | 38 |
PLAYING A STRAIGHT ROLE | 41 |
Fanny Squeers Manages to Meet Nicholas Nickleby | 42 |
Uriah Heep is Humble | 44 |
Kate is Accosted by Her Uncles Guest | 47 |
Arthur Clennam Returns Home | 51 |
The Good Natured Locksmith Varden | 54 |
Joe Says Goodby to Dolly | 58 |
Joe and Dolly After the Riots | 60 |
Kate Looks for Another Job | 63 |
FEAR | 68 |
Jonas Tries to Escape | 69 |
What Mr Wickfield Has Become | 70 |
Smike Dies | 73 |
Dennis the Coward in Prison With Hugh | 75 |
David Goes Home for the Holidays | 79 |
HUMOR | 82 |
The Smallweeds | 83 |
Esther Releases Mr Guppy From His Proposal | 88 |
Mr Guppy Proposes Again | 93 |
Old Martin and Pecksniff Find Each Other | 98 |
Mr Pecksniff Gets a Little Drunk | 102 |
Mr Pecksniff is Snubbed on a Grand Scale | 106 |
Charity A Woman Scorned | 109 |
David and the Waiter Who Eats his Food | 113 |
David is Born Tiz a Pity Hes a Boy | 117 |
Micawber Can No Longer Contain Himself | 123 |
Mr Mantalini Exposes Uriah Heep | 125 |
Fanny Squeers Overhears | 135 |
Mr Mantalini is Suicidal Again | 139 |
Mr Mantalini His Last Suicide | 141 |
Mr Willet Knows All About the Riots | 144 |
Miggs is Watching | 147 |
Captain Tappertits Homecoming | 149 |
Lady Dedlock First Sees Hawdons Handwriting | 186 |
Mercys New Home | 188 |
Old Chuffeys Passion | 190 |
Davids Encounter with the Tinker | 194 |
Hams Message to Emly | 196 |
Martha Alone in the Streets | 198 |
Rosa Dartles Cruelty | 202 |
Rosa Dartles Lament on the Death of Steerforth | 205 |
Uriah Heep A Bit Ahead of His Moment | 210 |
Ralph Nicklebys Bitterness | 214 |
Ralph Nicklebys Last Thoughts | 215 |
Emly is Kind to Poor Martha | 218 |
Emly Leaves a RunAway Note | 222 |
Smike Prays | 226 |
The Dreadful Stranger | 227 |
Mrs Rudge Faces the Wrath of Her Husband | 233 |
Two are Hanged | 236 |
Steerforth is Applauded for His Cruelty | 240 |
MANIPULATION | 246 |
Tulkinghorn Conquers Lady Dedlock | 247 |
Tulkinghorn and Laddy DedlockTheir Final Conversation | 254 |
Jonas Thinks He Has Out Smarted Montague | 259 |
Montague Cons Jonas at a Dinner Party | 264 |
Jonas Squirms in Montagues Net | 269 |
Pecksniff is Eager to be Gulled | 272 |
A Funeral Wedding Day | 276 |
Ralph Convinces Squeers to Seek Out Peg Sliderskew | 280 |
Sir John Chester Bullies Hugh | 287 |
SCENES FOR THE YOUNG ACTOR | 295 |
Hortense and Esther | 296 |
David Tells Dora he is a Beggar | 298 |
Dora is Ill and Will Soon Die | 303 |
Jonas Goes a Courting | 306 |
The Marriage Proposal | 311 |
The Sisters Fight After Jonas Jilts Charity | 315 |
Old Martin Questions Mercy | 317 |
Jonas Provokes Tom Pinch | 323 |
The Once Young Lovers Meet | 326 |
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acting actor ARTHUR BARNABY believe better BLACKOUT body breath bring chair CHARACTERS CHARITY CHUZZLEWIT comes COPPERFIELD DAVID dear DENNIS Dolly don't door DORA drink EM'LY ESTHER eyes face FANNY father feel fellow girl give GUPPY hand head hear HEEP hold hope HORTENSE HUGH It's JONAS keep LADY DEDLOCK leave live looks MANTALINI married MARTHA MARTIN matter mean MERCY MICAWBER MIGGS mind Miss MISS BETSEY MONTAGUE mother never NICHOLAS night novel once PECKSNIFF PEGGOTTY play RALPH NICKLEBY ROSA RUDGE scene servant SETTING shakes SIR JOHN CHESTER sits SMALLWEED smile speak SQUEERS stands STEERFORTH stops SUMMARY sure talk TAPPERTIT tears tell thank thing thought Todgers TULKINGHORN turns URIAH VARDEN voice Wickfield wish woman young