Background
Cohen, Robert Stephen was born on July 14, 1938 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Lester Ellis and Lydia Rita (Goldblatt) Cohen.
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Acting Power
(Designed for courses in beginning or intermediate acting,...)
Designed for courses in beginning or intermediate acting, this text is a contemporary, personal, and provocative resource for students who strive to become great—not merely good—performers.
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Acting One
(Used to teach beginning acting on more campuses than any ...)
Used to teach beginning acting on more campuses than any other text, Acting One covers the basic elements of realistic acting in twenty-eight lessons – all based on experiential exercises. The text covers basic skills such as talking, listening, tactical interplay, physicalizing, building scenes, and making good choices.
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Acting Professionally: Raw Facts About Careers in Acting Hardcover September 30, 1981
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Theatre Brief w/ Enjoy the Play (Theatre (Brief Edition))
(This lively introduction to theatre offers equal measures...)
This lively introduction to theatre offers equal measures of appreciation of theatrical arts, history of performance, and descriptions of the collaborative theatrical crafts. Robert Cohen's enthusiasm, passion and knowledge of the current theatre, highlighted by contemporary production shots from around the world, put the students in the front row.
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Acting Power: The 21st Century Edition
( ‘Robert Cohen’s book, Acting Power, follows the traditi...)
‘Robert Cohen’s book, Acting Power, follows the tradition of his other book, Acting One, and has been the veritable bible for acting teachers for the last quarter century.’ – David Krasner, Emerson College ‘This book, above all else, is an attempt to explore the qualities of acting power.... to suggest to you, the actor, an approach toward not merely good acting but powerful acting. Great actors display the power to frighten – and the power to seduce – and can shift between the one and the other like a violinist can her notes.’ – From the Preface The first edition of Acting Power was a groundbreaking work of acting theory which applied sociological and psychological principles to actor training. The book went on to influence a generation of theatre and performance studies students and academics, and was translated into five languages. This carefully revised 21st Century Edition (re)considers, in the context of today’s field: • questions such as ‘should actors act from the inside or the outside?’ and ‘should the actor live the role or present the role?’; • contemporary research into communication theory, cybernetics, and cognitive science; • brilliantly illuminating and witty exercises for solo study and classroom use, and a through-line of useful references to classic plays; • penetrating observations about the actor’s art by more than 75 distinguished professional actors and directors. Cohen’s elegant and rigorous updates emphasise the continuing relevance of his uniquely integrated and life-affirming approach to this field. The new edition draws on his extraordinarily rich career as teacher, scholar, director, translator and dramaturg. It is a recipe for thrilling theatre in any genre.
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Acting One/Acting Two
(The new, fifth edition of Robert Cohen's Acting One, the ...)
The new, fifth edition of Robert Cohen's Acting One, the text used to teach acting on more campuses than any other, has now been combined for the first time with his Acting Two, (the second edition of his previously-titled Advanced Acting). Together, Acting One/Acting Two provides a comprehensive and fully integrated system of all acting, from the most realistic to the most stylized. Part One (Acting One) covers basic skills such as talking, listening, tactical interplay, physicalizing, building scenes, and making powerful acting choices. Part Two (Acting Two) provides a series of exercises that encourage the student actor's self-extension into radically different styles (historical, literary, fantastical) and characterizations; then coaches the student through scenework in a variety of historical periods (Greek, Commedia, Elizabethan, Molière, Restoration, Belle Epoque), as well as modern hyper-realistic theatrical forms such as the theatres of alienation and the absurd, and exemplary recent dramas by Tony Kushner, Margaret Edson, August Wilson and Doug Wright.
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Acting In Shakespeare
(Acting in Shakespeare helps actors at all levels develop ...)
Acting in Shakespeare helps actors at all levels develop the skills they need to perform in Shakespearean plays. Lessons proceed in carefully graduated steps from simple, single lines to short speeches to more difficult, sophisticated scenes. A wealth of historical information and insightful descriptions of Shakespearean times and players bring Shakespeare’s work within the actor’s reach. • Abundant exercises build gradually in difficulty, giving student actors confidence that they can act in Shakespeare. Exercises are appropriate not only for use in the classroom but also for independent study. • Actors often find Shakespearean language and customs unusual and intimidating. Acting in Shakespeare relates Shakespearean acting to real-life, contemporary situations and common acting theory, helping actors realize that performing Shakespeare is well within their grasp. "Acting in Shakespeare is difficult. . . . His verse is not the language of our everyday American speech; the costumes in which he visualized his characters are not the clothing of everyday American life. Playing Shakespeare may mean living in a very different world from the one we normally inhabit." Robert Cohen, from the Preface " By book’s end, students can reasonably be expected to be comfortable and confident with Shakespeare’s demands. . . . His chapter on physicalizing Shakespeare contains a number of stimulating exercises (Cohen’s strength as an acting teacher). . . . Cohen helps students apply his lessons: I can’t imagine a group of students not being enthralled by Cohen’s ingenious concept. . . . Acting in Shakespeare is so readily accessible and full of such "do-able" exercises that it should be a staple of period style classes for years to come." theatre journal
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Enjoy the Play!
(Written by Robert Cohen and Lorna Cohen, this is a brief ...)
Written by Robert Cohen and Lorna Cohen, this is a brief guide to the theatregoing experience, including pointers on writing a play report. It is free with every new copy of "Theatre or Theatre, brief!"
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Acting One 5TH EDITION
(Acting One 5TH EDITION by Robert Cohen. McGraw-Hill Publi...)
Acting One 5TH EDITION by Robert Cohen. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company,2008
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Advanced Acting: Style, Character, and Performance by Cohen, Robert (2001) Hardcover
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Advanced Acting: Style, Character, and Performance
(A follow-up to the best-selling introductory text Acting ...)
A follow-up to the best-selling introductory text Acting One, this text provides exercises and scenework in seven historical periods to help students extend their basic acting skills.
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Acting One:2nd (Second) edition
(Excellent condition for age! No tears or marks!)
Excellent condition for age! No tears or marks!
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Acting Professionally: Raw Facts About Careers in Acting
( 'Everybody wants to get into the act' said the old-time...)
'Everybody wants to get into the act' said the old-time comic Jimmy Durante, but the fact is that becoming a professional actor requires a lot more than just the desire to break into the business. A clear understanding of how acting careers are built and the specific way that actors must position themselves in a professional environment overseen by directors, agents, casting directors and acting unions is essential to all would-be actors. Acting Professionally will steer you through this hugely competitive industry in the U.S., offering wise advice on everything from writing a successful resume to finding yourself an agent. The leading book in its field since its first edition in 1972, Acting Professionally 7th Edition is now fully updated, with the addition of co-author James Calleri (of Calleri Casting), and a new section on digital and web-based casting procedures. With comprehensive coverage of the new technologies of internet-transmitted performance videos, website casting, and electronic submissions, Acting Professionally will help you to create and sustain an acting career in the twenty-first century.
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Acting Professionally: Raw Facts About Careers in Acting by Cohen, Robert (1981) Hardcover
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- Acting professionally; raw facts about acting and the acting industries (Book by Cohen, Robert)
- Acting Professionally: Raw Facts about Careers in Acting (Becoming an actor requires a lot more than just a desire ...)
- Acting Professionally: Raw Facts About Careers in Acting by Robert Cohen (1981-09-30)
- Acting Power: The 21st Century Edition by Robert Cohen (2013-04-21)
Robert Stephen Cohen
Edit ProfileEducation
Student, Dartmouth College, 1956-1958; Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1961; Doctor of Fine Arts, Yale University, 1965.
Career
Professor drama, University of California, Irvine, since 1965; chairman drama department, University of California, Irvine, 1970-1991; acting dean fine arts, 1994-1995. Stage director Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, since 1982, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Cedar City, since 1985, FRP in Medieval Drama, Irvine, 1985-1991.
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Acting One/Acting Two
(The new, fifth edition of Robert Cohen's Acting One, the ...)
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Acting Professionally: Raw Facts About Careers in Acting
( 'Everybody wants to get into the act' said the old-time...)
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Acting Power
(Designed for courses in beginning or intermediate acting,...)
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Acting One
(Used to teach beginning acting on more campuses than any ...)
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Advanced Acting: Style, Character, and Performance
(A follow-up to the best-selling introductory text Acting ...)
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Theatre Brief w/ Enjoy the Play (Theatre (Brief Edition))
(This lively introduction to theatre offers equal measures...)
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Acting Power: The 21st Century Edition
( ‘Robert Cohen’s book, Acting Power, follows the traditi...)
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Enjoy the Play!
(Written by Robert Cohen and Lorna Cohen, this is a brief ...)
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Acting In Shakespeare
(Acting in Shakespeare helps actors at all levels develop ...)
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Acting Professionally: Raw Facts about Careers in Acting
( Becoming an actor requires a lot more than just a desir...)
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Acting One:2nd (Second) edition
(Excellent condition for age! No tears or marks!)
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Acting One 5TH EDITION
(Acting One 5TH EDITION by Robert Cohen. McGraw-Hill Publi...)
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Acting professionally; raw facts about acting and the acting industries
(Book by Cohen, Robert)
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Advanced Acting: Style, Character, and Performance by Cohen, Robert (2001) Hardcover
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- Acting Professionally: Raw Facts About Careers in Acting Hardcover September 30, 1981
- Acting Professionally: Raw Facts About Careers in Acting by Robert Cohen (1981-09-30)
- Acting Power: The 21st Century Edition by Robert Cohen (2013-04-21)
- Acting Professionally: Raw Facts About Careers in Acting by Cohen, Robert (1981) Hardcover
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Acting One/Acting Two
Membership
Member Actors Equity Association, American Theatre Critics Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Lorna Lee Buck, November 13, 1972. Children: Michael Geoffrey, Whitney.
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American
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1965