List of Figures
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
Acting with bad intentions
PART ONE: STANISLAVSKI AND GROTOWSKI. THE PERFORMER’S WORK ON THE SELF IN EUROPEAN THEATRE
Chapter One
The Work on One’s Self in Stanislavski’s lineage
Chapter Two
Grotowski from Theatre to Ritual Arts
PART TWO: THEATRE AND RITUAL. THE PERFORMER’S WORK ON THE SELF BEYOND THEATRE
Chapter Three
Performances and Altered States of Consciousness (ASC). An overview
Chapter Four
Trance, Possession and Acting
PART THREE: PIRANDELLO AND WEIL. THE PERFORMER’S WORK ON THE SELF OUTSIDE THEATRE
Chapter Five
Pirandello’s Actor
Chapter Six
Simone Weil, Performance and Attention
Photographs
Notes
Index
Biography
Giuliano Campo is a Performer, Director, and Lecturer in Drama at Ulster University.






