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The Actor and the Target by [Declan Donnellan]

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A fresh and radical approach to acting by a world-famous director.

'This new "Advice to the Players" cuts open every generalisation about acting and draws out gleamingly fresh specifics. Behind the joy and humour of the writing, Declan Donnellan is subtly leading young actors to an awareness of the living processes behind their work. He brings as evidence the rich field of thought and intuition that direct experience has made his own.' - Peter Brook

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Feb. 21 2013
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"'Cuts open every generalisation about acting and draws out gleamingly fresh specifics' Peter Brook 'Explains Donnellan's highly practical system and sheds unique light on one of the greatest directors of acting in our time.' Le Monde 'Hugely practical and never gets lost in theory' El Pais 'A gripping read, as acute about the psychology of lying as it is about the art of acting.' Guardian 'Comes from the heart of his own experience: actors' blocks are dismembered lethally and with infectious relish' Alan Rickman 'Brilliantly direct: exhilarating to read and - more importantly - to put into practice' Joseph Fiennes" --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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<DIV>British theatre director Declan Donnellan is the first Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Academy and is best known for his work with Cheek by Jowl (including their acclaimed all-male As You Like It) and on Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul. As Associate Director of the National Theatre his productions included Fuenteovejuna, Sweeney Todd and Angels in America.</DIV> --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BHOSEQ0
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nick Hern Books; New Ed edition (Feb. 21 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2600 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 305 pages

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Chris McGregor

This will change the way you think about acting and directing

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 8, 2013

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So many thought provoking insights about how an actor can approach a role and should approach a role.
Simple ways to unravel complicated characters(Juliet from Romeo and Juliet) is the main example he uses.
So before you read this book read Romeo and Juliet and it’ll be that much better.
My favourite line in the book is “what does your character want to be and what does your character afraid s/he’ll become”
Very simple but we all ask ourselves that question and it thrusts us into action!

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kelly daniels

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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 8, 2016

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A revelation! Every actor, director and teacher should read this book.

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John

Very convoluted and unclear overall.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 19, 2019

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Looking at the other reviews I was really looking forward to reading this. By now I have read quite a few books on the method of acting and was open to everything this one could teach me, but I found it simply confusing, convoluted, and some-what pretentious.

According to Declan Donnellan, the "target" is the objective of the character in that specific moment, or something that the character places all of their focus and energy towards - but the catch is that if you think about the "target" then you have failed, as apparently you can't be truly focused on the target as a specific thing, but he also claims that the "target" is something that is ever changing and is never static, thus your focus must constantly be moving with it, yet you can't know where the "target" is moving, because if you did then you would lose focus, and thus according to Declan, lose sight of the "target" all together. Confused? Me too.

His acting method plays a complete 'Catch 22' on itself. To be a good actor you must apparently focus on the target, but the target is ever changing and moving - so if you ever identify the target, it means you have ultimately lost sight of the target. What a load of convoluted rubbish.

I put this book down half-way-through. Stick to Michael Chekhov if you are looking for inspiration and an actually worthy method of acting.

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Ben Smith

An amazing insight into how to get the best out of your performance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 12, 2018

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It’s quite a wordy book explaining the technique of allowing yourself to be affected by the target. Nevertheless, it is an important read if you’re willing to get serious about acting. The most important lesson I took from this is that everything in your acting is affected by the target and what you observe from it.

Ema

What a great book. Very intellectually stimulating and inspiring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 26, 2015

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What a great book. Very intellectually stimulating and inspiring. It takes a more philosophical approach throughout but it is written so simply and it is therefore easy to understand and follow. I love this approach to acting and the way it is explored.

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Annie

Actors Bible

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 8, 2020

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My bible really improved my acting skills

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doriangrey

Great directing book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 18, 2016

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My favourite directing book. Basic analysis of what is happening when actors panic, and gives a lot of help on how to un-block them.

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