The art of the actor : the essential history of acting, from classical times to the present day

Jean Benedetti

How did acting begin? What is its history, and what have the great thinkers on acting said about the art and craft of performance? In this single-volume survey of the history of acting, Jean Benedetti traces the evolution of the theories of the actor's craft drawing extensively on extracts from key texts, many of which are unavailable for the student today. Beginning with the classical conceptions of acting as rhetoric and oratory, as exemplified in the writing of Aristotle, Cicero and others, The Art of the Actor progresses to examine ideas of acting in Shakespeare's time right through to the present day. Along the way, Benedetti considers the contribution and theories of key figures such as Diderot, Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Brecht, Artaud and Grotowski, providing a clear and concise explanation of their work illustrated by extracts and summaries of their writings. Some source materials appear in the volume for the first time in English. The Art of the Actor will be the essential history of acting for all students and actors interested in the great tradition of performance, both as craft and as art.

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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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書名 The art of the actor : the essential history of acting, from classical times to the present day
著作者等 Benedetti, Jean
出版元 Routledge
刊行年月 c2007
版表示 New ed
ページ数 ix, 245 p.
大きさ 26 cm
ISBN 9780878302048
NCID BA85864704
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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