TO THE ACTOR

ON THE TECHNIQUE OF ACTING

Michael Chekhov drawings by NICOLAI REMISOFF PERENNIAL LIBRAR !ar"er # Row$ P%blishers New ork$ Ca&bridge$ Philadel"hia$ San Francisco London$ Me'ico Ci(y$ S)o Pa%lo$ Singa"ore$ Sydney *iii* contents PREFACE BY YUL DRYNNER$ FOREWORD$ A MEMO TO THE READER$ +, THE ACTOR'S BODY AND PSYCHOLOGY$ -, IMAGINATION AND INCORPORATION OF IMAGES$ ., IMPROVISATION AND ENSEMBLE$ 0, THE ATMOSPHERE AND INDIVIDUAL FEELINGS$ /, THE PSYCHOLOGICAL GESTURE$ 2, CHARACTER AND CHARACTERIZATION$ 1, CREATIVE INDIVIDUALITY$ 3, COMPOSITION OF THE PERFORMANCE$ 4, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERFORMANCES$ +5, HOW TO APPROACH THE PART$ ++, CONCLUDING NOTES$ +-, EXAMPLES FOR IMPROVISATION$ *vii*

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