I wrote this book with the help of many collaborators: The Orange Tree Theatre, Elaine McGirr and her students, The Actors Forge, DJW Talent, and Act2Cam. My collaborators and I produced 14 exercises inspired by historical material but adapted to modern needs. 3/7 - ThreadSky

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jharrimansmith.bsky.social • 404 days ago

I wrote this book with the help of many collaborators:
The Orange Tree Theatre, Elaine McGirr and her students, The Actors Forge, DJW Talent, and Act2Cam. My collaborators and I produced 14 exercises inspired by historical material but adapted to modern needs. 3/7

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jharrimansmith.bsky.social•404 days ago

They have titles like 'Macklin's Garden', 'Garrick's Scale', and 'Clairon's Model'; or, 'Great Sensibility', 'Attitudes', 'Five Rooms', and 'The Hiss'. They appear in an easy-to-read format in the 2nd half of the book, with sample workshop plans. 4/7

jharrimansmith.bsky.social•404 days ago

The first half of the book is made up of eight chapters, each of which tells the story of how my collaborators and I produced one or two exercises. Every chapter has a theme: Emotion, Cultivation, Character, Voice, Action, Audience, Company, and Reflection 5/7

jharrimansmith.bsky.social•404 days ago

In 'Emotion', for example, we set Cheek by Jowl's Declan Donnellan against Garrick. For Donnellan, it is no more possible to express emotion 'than it is to sh*t through your ear'; for Garrick, expressing emotion was what he did to show off his acting talent. How did that happen? 6/7

jharrimansmith.bsky.social•404 days ago

And how might knowing this change the way we think about acting?

Find out more in the book! https://bloomsbury.com/uk/what-would-garrick-do-or-acting-lessons-from-the-eighteenth-century-9781350171961/

And tell your friends!
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