1st Edition
The Craft of Comedy
176 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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"a work on the art and craft of comedy as important in its own way as works by Stanislavski and Chekhov" – Oxford Theatre Companion
In 1939, a young, inexperienced actor wrote to a famous actress of his acquaintance, asking for advice on playing comedy. She responded enthusiastically, and they corresponded variously over the next year. The Craft of Comedy , a record of these exchanges,... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Distorted Truth; Chapter 2 Tight-Rope Walking; Chapter 3 Just Do It; Chapter 4 Trust and Confidence; Chapter 5 Rhythm; Chapter 6 Comedy of Manners; Chapter 7 Delicate Decadence; Chapter 8 The Acting Profession;
Biography
Robert Barton is the author of the books Acting: Onstage and Off (now in its 6th edition), Voice: Onstage and Off, with Rocco Dal Vera, Theatre in Your Life and Life Themes, with Annie McGregor, and Style for Actors (all in recent revised editions). His most recent text is Acting Reframes: Using NLP to Make Better Decisions in and out of the Theatre. His regular column “Many Right Ways” is published in The Voice and Speech Review.
