1st Edition
The Art of the Actor The Essential History of Acting from Classical Times to the Present Day
By Jean Benedetti
Copyright 2007
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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... Read more
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
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
Biography
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: An Introduction (0878301836) and a new translation of Toporkov's The Stanislavski Legacy (0877201836), both published by Routledge.
