| Description |
xv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Stanislavsky's system : pathways for the actor / Sharon Marie Carnicke -- Meyerhold and biomechanics / Robert Leach -- Jacques Copeau : the quest for sincerity / John Rudlin -- Michael Chekhov on the technique of acting : 'was Don Quixote true to life?' / Franc Chamberlain -- Brecht and actor training : on whose behalf do we act? / Peter Thomson -- Joan Littlewood / Clive Barker -- Strasberg, Adler and Meisner : method acting / David Krasner -- Joseph Chaikin and aspects of actor training : possibilities rendered present / Dorinda Hulton -- Peter Brook : transparency and the invisible network / Lorna Marshall and David Williams -- Grotowski's vision of the actor : the search for contact / Lisa Wolford -- Training with Eugenio Barba : acting principles, the pre-expressive and 'personal temperature' / Ian Watson -- Włodzimierz Staniewski : Gardzienice and the naturalised actor / Alison Hodge |
| Summary |
"Actor training is arguably the most unique phenomenon of twentieth-century theatre making. Here, for the first time, the theories, training exercises, and productions of fourteen of the century's key theatre practitioners are analysed in a single volume." "Each chapter provides a unique account of specific training exercises and an analysis of their relationship to the practitioners' theoretical and aesthetic concerns. The collection examines the relationship between actor training and production and considers how directly the actor training relates to performance." "With detailed accounts of the principles, exercises and their application to many of the landmark productions of the past hundred years, this book will be invaluable to students, teachers, practitioners and academics alike."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL (Ebook Library) |
| Subject |
Acting teachers -- Europe.
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Acting teachers -- United States.
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Acting -- Study and teaching.
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Method acting.
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| Author |
Hodge, Alison, 1959-
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Ebooks Corporation.
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| LC no. |
99034730 |
| ISBN |
0415194512 hardcover |
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0415194520 paperback |
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9780415194518 hardcover |
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9780415194525 paperback |
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