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Mask improvisation for actor training & performance : the compelling image

Title
Mask improvisation for actor training & performance : the compelling image / Sears A. Eldredge.
Author
Eldredge, Sears A.
Publication
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Description
xviii, 208 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Subject
  • Masks
  • Improvisation (Acting)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
1. The Ubiquitous Mask -- 2. Masks in Western Theatre -- 3. Mask Improvisation: An Introduction -- 4. Getting Started -- 5. The Lesson of the Mask -- 6. Masks and Countermasks -- 7. The Concept of Neutral -- 8. The Neutral Mask Identifications -- 9. Continuing Identification Exercises -- 10. The Beginning Character Masks -- 11. The Countermask -- 12. The Life Masks -- 13. The Totem Masks -- 14. The Found Object Masks -- 15. The Complex Character Masks -- 16. Masks and Faces -- 17. Mask Theatre -- App. A. Mask Design and Construction -- App. B. Mask Templates -- App. C. Forms and Handouts.
ISBN
0810113651 (pbk.)
LCCN
96022440
OCLC
  • 34669492
  • ocm34669492
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries