The Actors Studio

The Actors Studio

http://www.theactorsstudio.org/

A simple task this week...

Visit this website.
Explore.
Read what it says under the tab marked Our History

Publish a comment that includes...

One almunus (famous former student) of The Actors Studio that you have heard of and at least two (prefereably more) pieces of their work (that you have also heard of)

Once a person has been posted you cannot repeat the name.

Go!

The Great Naturalistic Playwrights

The Great Naturalistic Playwrights

The two most notable Naturalistic playwrights are Anton Chekhov and Henrik Ibsen

Chekhov worked with Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre.
Ibsen is widely referred to as the 'father' of modern drama.
(Pretty strong references...I think you'll agree)

These authors believed in the acting method that was proposed and developed by Stanislavski; their plays had scenic reality, a linear timeline, thematic realism etc...

Basically they were written with this method of acting in mind.

For each of the following plays provide a short summary that makes note of the main events of the play, some of the characters, the moral/message and the context (time and place).

Anton Chekov

Three Sisters

The Cherry Orchard

The Seagull

Uncle Vanya

An Enemy of the People

Henrik Ibsen

Hedda Gabler

Ghosts

Peer Gynt

A Doll's House

Magic If...

Magic if...

It is not always easy to think of good quality 'magic if...' questions to propose for characters.

Over years I have developed a bank of questions in my head that I have picked up from different; exercises, situations, roles and people.

Each of you is to write five good quality questions that would help you explore any character. 

They should not be closed questions (ones that would solicit a yes or no answer),nor should they be preference stating questions.

They should simply include the word 'if'...there is no other guidance.

Remember to look over other people's posts if you post first.

Simples!