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

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.