An actor's work: a student's diary

Year one: Experiencing

An actor's work, introduction

Amateurism

The stage as art and stock-in-trade

Action, 'if', 'given circumstances'

Imagination

Concentration and attention

Muscular release

Bits and tasks

Belief and the sense of truth

Emotion memory

Communication

An actor's adaptations and other elements, qualities, aptitudes and gifts

Inner psychological drives

Inner psychological drives in action

The actor's inner creative state

The supertask, throughaction

The subconscious and the actor's creative state

Year two: Embodiment

Transition to physical embodiment

Physical education

Voice and speech

Perspective of the actor and the role

Tempo-rhythm

Logic and sequence

Physical characteristics

The finishing touches

Charisma

Ethics and discipline

The external creative state in performance

General creative state in performance

The 'system'.