1st Edition
Women's Somatic Training in Early Modern Spanish Theater
By Elizabeth Marie Cruz Petersen
Copyright 2017
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
176 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Drawing from early modern plays and treatises on the precepts and practices of the acting process, this study shows how the early modern Spanish actress subscribed to various somatic practices in an effort to prepare for a role. It provides today's reader not only another perspective to the performance aspect of early modern plays, but also a better understanding of how the woman of the theater... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1: Theoretical Models: Somaesthetics and Arte Nuevo
Chapter 2: The Corral’s Contribution to Somatic Experience
Chapter 3: Sociopolitics of the Spanish Woman Actor: Building Character
Chapter 4: Building a Character for the 17th Century Spanish Stage
Coda
Glossary
Bibliography
Biography
Elizabeth Marie Cruz Petersen is an Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University, USA.
