The Art of the Actor: The Essential History of Acting from Classical Times to the Present Day
Author:   Jean Benedetti
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN:  

9780878302031


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 January 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jean Benedetti
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.350kg
ISBN:  

9780878302031


ISBN 10:   0878302034
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 January 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Classical Rhetoric 2. Shakespeare and His Contemporaries 3. Declamation 4. Acting 5. Diderot 6. Coquelin 7. Realism 8. Stanislavski and the 'System' 9. Michael Chekhov 10. The New Actor in France 11. Meyerhold 12. Brecht 13. The 'Ritual' Actor Conclusion Select Bibliography Index

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Jean Benedetti is the biographer of Stanislavski and the author of many works of criticism as well as plays. A teacher, translator, and writer, he is Honorary Professor at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama and at Queen Margaret University College Edinburgh. His most recent books include a new edition of Stanislavski: AnIntroduction (0878301836) and a new translation of Toporkov's The Stanislavski Legacy (0877201836), both published by Routledge.

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