Respect for Acting, Uta Hagen
Respect for Acting, Uta Hagen
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Respect for Acting
Expanded Edition

Author: Uta Hagen, Haskel Frankel, Katie Finneran, David Hyde Pierce

Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley

Unabridged: 9 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/16/2024


Synopsis

Since its original publication in 1973, Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting has remained a durable classic for all students of acting. As an acting instructor at the Herbert Berghof Studio, Hagen helped to develop the talents of world-class actors like Robert DeNiro, Matthew Broderick, Gene Wilder, Amanda Peet, Austin Pendleton, Whoopi Goldberg, and more. This updated edition illuminates Hagen's original text with a new foreword written by Katie Finneran, retaining the David Hyde Pierce foreword, along with added background on HB Studio—one of the original New York performing arts training and practice spaces—and an excerpt from Hagen's autobiography SOURCES.

Respect for Acting is a book for actors and audiences who understand the need for truth in the creative process.

● Discover the acting book that has shaped professional theater performances for decades

● Learn the history and background of Herbert Berghof Studio

● Practice the craft of acting with concrete exercises and instruction on technique

● Delve into the deep questions that arise when actors truly inhabit the lives of their characters

About Uta Hagen

Uta Hagen, Tony Award-winning actor and renowned acting teacher, cofounded HB Studio in New York City with her husband, Herbert Berghof, where she trained actors including Al Pacino, Jason Robards, Jack Lemmon, Whoopi Goldberg, and Christine Lahti. On stage she starred in groundbreaking productions with Jose Ferrer, Paul Robeson, Anthony Quinn, and Marlon Brando. HB Studio is her legacy where new generations of actors come from around the world to study.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cassidy Barnes on September 25, 2008

This book turned the shy dreamer writer into the shy dreamer actor you see today!......more

Goodreads review by B on April 20, 2010

This is one of those books that I wish I had read 10 years ago and yet I picked it up at the most appropriate time to guide me through figuring out the most difficult role I've had to play yet. Her chapter on emotion has been invaluable. She reprimands the "modern" actor so effectively too! (This bo......more

Goodreads review by Beth on August 05, 2012

The "method" explained in understandable terms by a great acting teacher. She was my teacher and when I teach, I use this book as an important resource. If you are even considering being an actor, you should read this.......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on October 18, 2015

A readable, well-organized guidebook. A wee bit pretentious, but I sure want to work hard now!......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena on February 26, 2014

This is only the second book on acting I have read so far, the first one being Stanislavski's An Actor Prepares, so naturally I've been comparing the two a lot while reading. Although Uta Hagen's approach is definitely in line with Stanislavski's method, the book itself is very different. I love how......more