| TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
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| Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | v |
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| Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
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| PART I: RELAXING AND FOCUSING EXERCISES . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
| Warming Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9 |
| Physical Relaxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9 |
| Mental Relaxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 14 |
| Slow and Easy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 20 |
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| PART II: ACTING GAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 29 |
| Learning to Be Sensitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31 |
| Being in Touch With the World Around You . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31 |
| Getting in Touch With Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 33 |
| Getting in Touch With Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 39 |
| Freeing the Imagination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 44 |
| Learning to Concentrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
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| PART III: IMPROVISATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 81 |
| Using Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 83 |
| Building Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 103 |
| Finding Intentions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 107 |
| Learning to Build Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 117 |
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| PART IV: EXERCISES FOR CHARACTERS, SCENES, AND PLAYS . . . . . . . | 131 |
| Working With Existing Characters and Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . | 133 |
| Analyzing Your Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 144 |
| Working With Original Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 158 |
| The Character Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 158 |
| Given Circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 175 |
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| About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 179 |