Overview
In the Company of Actors is a wonderful ensemble of entertaining and illuminating discussions with sixteen of the most celebrated and prestigious actors in contemporary theatre, film and television. The impressive list of actors includes: Eileen Atkins, Alan Bates, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, Brenda Fricker, Nigel Hawthorne, Jane Lapotaire, Janet McTeer, Ian Richardson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Anthony Sher, Janet Suzman, David Suchet, and Penelope Wilton. Carole Zucker covers a wide range of topics including the actors' main childhood influences, their actor training, early acting experience, preparation for roles and sound advice for coping with actors' problems such as creative differences with other actors or directors.
Full Product Details
Author: Carole Zucker ,
Sir Richard Eyre
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.680kg
ISBN: 9780415925457
ISBN 10: 0415925452
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 04 November 1999
Audience:
College/higher education
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College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Carole Zucker's conversations with 16 leading lights of the British stage, collected between the covers of In the Company of Actors... will interest aspiring performers and theater buffs... [F]un to read.. <br>- New York Blade News and The Washington Blade <br> [A great] use to serious students of acting.. <br>- American Theatre <br> Simon Callow, interviewed by Carole Zucker, laments that most critics are ignorant of the processes of the theater. For critics and ordinary spectators, Zucker's In the Company of Actors is an easy-to-swallow antidote to Callow's complaint.. <br>- Stagebill--Washinton, D.C., March 2000 <br> These sixteen chats with the masters will prove illuminating not just to actors but to anyone with a passion for the theatre or film....[Zucker] has elicited all kinds of extraordinary response from them, a great flow of extemporaneous expression, and ultimately a richly impressionistic portrait of the actor's imagination. <br>- Montreal Review of Books <br> This book is a remarkable achievement.... This volume belongs in all college and university library collections, where it will serve both undergraduate and graduate students. A splendid accomplishment; highly recommended. <br>- Choice, June 2000 <br>
Author Information
Carole Zucker is Professor of Film Studies at Concordia University in Montreal. Her previous books include TheIdea of the Image: Josef von Sternberg's Dietrich Films, Making Visible the Invisible: An Anthology of OriginalEssays on Film Acting and Figures of Light: Actors andDirectors Illuminate the Art of Film Acting. She teaches private acting workshops in Montreal.
