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Debuting it its first edition, Acting: The Gister Method moves from the beginning process of establishing character and given circumstances, through Gister's unique principle of action, and into step-by-step examples of applying the ideas to plays, scenes and monologues. Along with a reader-friendly breakdown of the theoretical aspect of his method, the book contains many down-to-earth examples of experimenting and playing via the imagination and of putting the methods to work in real-life rehearsal and theatre situations.

Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
About The Author	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Influences	p. 2
Students of Stanislavski: Strasberg, Chekhov, Meisner, et al 3 Gister	p. 3
Who am I?	p. 7
The Play As A Guide To Who Am I?	p. 8
First Reading	p. 8
Second Reading	p. 8
Third Reading	... MOREp. 9
The Imagination	p. 12
Exercising Your Imagination	p. 12
Transformation Into Character	p. 13
Types	p. 14
Stereotypes And Functional Characters	p. 14
Real People	p. 15
Anomalies	p. 16
Narratives	p. 17
Passions	p. 19
Other Areas To Investigate	p. 21
Body	p. 22
Age	p. 22
Movement	p. 23
Voice	p. 23
Challenges, Disorders, and Illnesses	p. 23
Mannerisms and Habits	p. 24
Emotion, Posture and Physical Expression	p. 24
Relationships	p. 25
Status	p. 26
Race, Culture, and Nationality	p. 27
Spirituality	p. 28
Vulnerability	p. 29
Discovery	p. 29
Questions and Answers	p. 30
Where am I? and When am I there?	p. 32
Designers	p. 32
Sources	p. 33
The Play as a Guide to Establishing where Am I?	p. 36
What Where am I? Means to You, as the Character	p. 38
Some Areas To Investigate	p. 39
Where am I? In The World	p. 40
Where am I? In My Locale	p. 40
Where am I? In My Immediate Space	p. 40
What Does this Place Mean to Me, as the Who am I?	p. 41
The Play as a Guide to Establishing when Am I There?	p. 41
What when Am I There? Means to you, as the who Am I?	p. 43
Preceding Time	p. 43
Some Areas To Investigate	p. 45
When am I there? in a Large Time Frame	p. 45
When am I there? Within the Year	p. 45
When am I there? Within the Span Of 24 Hours	p. 46
What Does this Time Mean to Me as the Who am I?	p. 46
Questions and Answers	p. 47
What do I want?	p. 49
Super-Objective and Objective	p. 49
Action, Intention, and Motivation	p. 50
Classical Plays	p. 52
Modern Plays	p. 53
Prior Knowledge	p. 54
Articulating the Super-Objective and the Objective	p. 55
Revealed Meaning	p. 57
Stakes	p. 58
Obstacles	p. 58
A Word About Listening	p. 59
What Do I Do After I Get or Fail to Get What I Want?	p. 59
Questions and Answers	p. 60
How Do I Get What I Want?	p. 63
Some Common Definitions (And Why to Put Them Aside)	p. 63
Action Defined in this Approach	p. 64
The "How" of the Action	p. 66
Using Actions with Images and Objects	p. 68
Consequences of Playing an Action	p. 68
Action is Anchored in the Objective	p. 69
Action in Classical and Modern Plays	p. 70
Action, Objective, Paradox, and the Present Moment	p. 71
Questions and Answers	p. 72
Putting It All Together	p. 75
Getting Started	p. 75
First Reading	p. 76
Act I	p. 77
Act II	p. 77
Act III	p. 77
Act IV	p. 77
First Impressions	p. 78
Second Reading	p. 78
Third Reading	p. 79
The Questions	p. 80
The Title	p. 80
Who am I?	p. 81
Fictional or Real?	p. 82
Three-Dimensional or Stereotype?	p. 82
Passions (Likes, Dislikes, Loves, and Hates)	p. 82
Body: Age	p. 83
Body: Movement	p. 84
Relationships	p. 84
Relationships: Status	p. 85
Relationship: Race, Culture, and Place of Origin	p. 86
Where Am I?	p. 86
When Am I There?	p. 87
What Do I Want?	p. 88
Super-Objective	p. 89
Objectives	p. 90
How Do I Get What I Want?	p. 90
How of the Action	p. 91
What Do I Do After I Get or Fail to Get What I Want?	p. 91
Using this Approach to Analyze a Scene	p. 92
The Text to be Analyzed: The Sea Gull, By Anton Chekhov, Act II, Nina and Treplev	p. 92
Nina's Soliloquy Before the Scene Begins	p. 92
Treplev's Entrance Disrupting Nina	p. 93
Treplev's Short Monologue at the End of the Scene	p. 93
Nina: Who am I?	p. 94
Nina: Where Am I and When Am I there?	p. 94
Nina: What Do I want?	p. 94
The Scene Between Nina and Treplev	p. 96
Personalization and Preparation for Nina	p. 96
Personalization and Preparation for Treplev	p. 97
Treplev: Who am I?	p. 98
Treplev: Where am I? and When am I there?	p. 98
Treplev: What do I want?	p. 98
A Note About Transitions	p. 98
Transition: Treplev Enters.	p. 100
Beatl	p. 100
Beat 2	p. 101
Beat 3	p. 101
Beat 4	p. 102
Beat 5	p. 103
Beat 6	p. 103
Beat 7	p. 103
Beat 8	p. 104
Beat 9	p. 104
Beat 10	p. 105
Beat 11	p. 105
Beat 12	p. 106
Beat 13	p. 106
Beat 14	p. 107
Beat 15	p. 108
Beat 16	p. 108
Beat 17	p. 109
Beat 18	p. 109
Nina: What do I do if I get or don't get what I want?	p. 110
Treplev: What do I do if I get or don't get what I want?	p. 110
Remembering it All: Marking Your Script	p. 110
Preparation and Rehearsal	p. 113
More Examples of Applying the Methodology	p. 115
Yelena In Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov	p. 116
Commentary	p. 116
Reading One: Understanding the Story	p. 117
Reading Two: Gathering the Facts	p. 117
Reading Three: Yelena's Point of View	p. 118
Who am I?	p. 118
Where am I and When am I there?	p. 119
What do I want? (super-objectve):	p. 119
What do I want? (objective for this monologue):	p. 119
Beat 2	p. 119
Beat 2	p. 120
Beat 3	p. 120
Beat 4	p. 120
Beat 5	p. 120
Beat 6	p. 120
Beat 7	p. 121
Beat 8	p. 121
Beat 9	p. 121
Beat 10	p. 121
Beat 11	p. 121
Beat 12	p. 122
Beat 13	p. 122
Beat 14	p. 122
Commentary	p. 122
Emilia in Othello by William Shakespeare	p. 123
Reading One: Understanding the Play	p. 123
Reading Two: Gathering the Facts	p. 123
Reading Three: Emilia's Point of View	p. 124
Who am I?	p. 124
Where am I and When am I there?	p. 125
What do I want?	p. 125
How do I get it?	p. 125
Beat 1	p. 125
Beat 2	p. 126
Beat 3	p. 126
Beat 4	p. 126
Beat 5	p. 126
Commentary	p. 126
Beat 6	p. 127
Beat 7	p. 127
Beat 8	p. 127
Male or Female in Sonnet Number One by William Shakespeare	p. 127
Who am I?	p. 129
Where am I and When am I there?	p. 129
What do I want?	p. 129
Beat 1	p. 130
Beat 2	p. 130
Beat 3	p. 130
Beat 4	p. 130
Beat 5	p. 131
Action on an Audience	p. 131
Beat	p. 132
Beat	p. 132
Beat	p. 132
Beat	p. 133
Male or Female Using Lines From Savage/Love by Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin	p. 133
Sample Exercise 1: Actions with Objectives	p. 134
Sample Exercise 2: Actions and the Hows of the Actions Without Objectives	p. 134
Sample Exercise 3: Solo Work	p. 134
Creating Your Own Text	p. 135
Conclusion	p. 137
Action Word Lexicon	p. 139
How of the Action Word Lexicon	p. 143
Annotated Playlist	p. 147
Works Cited	p. 161
Index	p. 163
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