| #301339 in Books | 2004-10-22 | 2004-10-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.39 x6.00l,.65 | File type: PDF | 208 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Best resource of open (A/B) scenes I've seen!|By Llange|Great book for acting teachers looking for open (A/B) scenes. I only use the shorter scenes in my class. There's a few that don't work for my purposes (I teach a Meisner/Uta Hagen based style) and there's a few that work better than others. But, all in all, this is a ridiculously handy tool. Thanks Diane for writing these||“Spare Scenes is a delightful collection of "neutral" but engaging material for use by student actors at any level of ability. Easy to learn and provocative, these short scenes encourage the student actor to use his or her imagination in a freer and more
In theatre, context is everything. So what do you do when there is no context? Spare Scenes contains 60 open, circumstance-free scenes that promote growth in craft by forcing you to create context by determining character, relationship and action.
Each brief scene places you into a two-person scenario where something is at stake, but where the dialogue offers no specific clues about the clash, forcing you to make choices that demonstrate the who, what...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Spare Scenes: 60 Skeletal Scenes for Acting and Directing | Diane Timmerman. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.