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Different Every Night

Freeing the Actor

By: Mike Alfreds

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Paperback | 11 October 2007

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Different Every Night is the culmination of a lifetime of work in the theater, the most complete rehearsal methodology in print since Stanislavsky. It offers a vital master class for actors and directors, full of sound practical advice and guidance, and is packed with techniques for bringing the text to life and keeping it alive, both in rehearsal and performance.

About the Author

Mike Alfreds has been directing plays for more than fifty years. In the 1970s he founded Shared Experience, and has since worked for the National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company and also extensively abroad. He is hugely respected within the profession.

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'An illuminating and inspiring book... based in rich experience and acute observation of actors at work (and play)... essential reading for actors and directors'

* Rogues & Vagabonds *

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays Plays Arts & Entertainment Acting & Theatre Studies Acting Techniques Dance & Other Performing Arts Theatre Direction & Production

Foreword	p. xi
A Practical Guide	p. xvii
Health and Safety Warnings	p. xxi
Introductions
Curriculum Vitae	p. 3
The Primacy of the Actor	p. 12
Permanent Training	p. 27
Concepts
Process v. Results	p. 37
Want! Do! Feel!	p. 42
Want: Objectives	p. 48
Scene Objectives	p. 49
Through-Lines	p. 56
Super-Objectives	p. 58
Counter-Objectives	p. 63
Do: Actions	p. 64
Beats	p. 78
Obstacles	p. 84
The Hierarchy of Actions and Objectives	p. 86
Feel: Emotion	p. 91
Given Circumstances	p. 104
Preparation
The Purpose of Preparation	p. 111
Preparing the Text	p. 112
Deconstructing the Text	p. 120
Titling the Acts	p. 121
Sections	p. 124
Units	p. 125
Actions	p. 133
A Pyramid of Titles	p. 139
Preparing the Rehearsals	p. 141
Casting	p. 150
The Work: Rehearsal, Production, Performance
Rehearsal: Some Basic Principles	p. 157
The Text	p. 163
Actioning	p. 164
Text - No Text - Text	p. 175
Feeding-In	p. 178
Points of Concentration	p. 183
Logic Text	p. 196
Character
The Starting Point	p. 203
The Character Lists	p. 206
Character Development	p. 224
Techniques Towards Characterisation	p. 229
The Actor and the Role	p. 241
The World of the Play
Discovering New Worlds	p. 245
Starting Points	p. 249
Self-Blocking	p. 261
Practice: A Handful of Dust; Marriage	p. 265
Bringing the Strands Together	p. 279
Production	p. 286
Performance	p. 295
Unclogging the Work
Clearing the Decks for Action	p. 303
Bad Behaviour	p. 304
Actors and Directors	p. 313
Actors' Fears	p. 319
Directors' Fears	p. 329
Rigour	p. 335
Coda: Summing Up
Recapitulation	p. 343
Glossary	p. 347
Further Reading	p. 359
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Different Every Night

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