| CONTENTS | |
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| Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | vii |
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| CHAPTER ONE: Learning Your Way Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
| CHAPTER TWO: Introduction to Acting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| CHAPTER THREE: Theatre's Family Album: Ancient Theatre . . . . . . | 11 |
| CHAPTER FOUR: Improvisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
| CHAPTER FIVE: Basic Stagecraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 25 |
| CHAPTER SIX: Your Vocal Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 39 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN: Reading the Wrighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 51 |
| CHAPTER EIGHT: Meeting the Monolog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 63 |
| CHAPTER NINE: Family Album, Part II: Medieval and Renaissance Theatre | 69 |
| CHAPTER TEN: Stage Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 75 |
| CHAPTER ELEVEN: Doing the Duo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 99 |
| CHAPTER TWELVE: Family Album, | |
| Part III: Elizabethan and French Neoclassical Theatre . . . . . . | 103 |
| CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Theatrical Makeup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 113 |
| CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Directing for the Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . | 133 |
| CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Scene Design and Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . | 149 |
| CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Family Album, Part IV: Romanticism to Realism . . | 169 |
| CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Props, Costumes, and Sound . . . . . . . . . . | 179 |
| CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Getting to Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 187 |
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| Appendices | |
| A. Thoughts on Acting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 193 |
| B. Exercise in Basic Stage Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 195 |
| C. Job Descriptions & Responsibilities and Company Rules . . . . . | 197 |
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| Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 209 |
| About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 216 |