Twentieth Century Actor Training Principles of Performance

Name: Twentieth Century Actor Training Principles of Performance
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ISBN: 9780415194525

ISBN-10: 0415194520

ISBN-13: 9780415194525

Edition: 1999

Authors: Alison Hodge

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Actor training is arguably one of the most unique phenomenons of 20th-century theatre making. This text analyses the theories, training exercises and productions of 14 key directors.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/3/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of illustrations


Notes on contributors


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Stanislavsky's System: pathways for the actor




Meyerhold and biomechanics




Jacques Copeau: the quest for sincerity




Michael Chekhov on the technique of acting 'was Don Quixote true to life?'




Brecht and actor training: on whose behalf do we act?




Joan Littlewood




Strasberg, Adler and Meisner: Method acting




Joseph Chaikin and aspects of actor training: possibilities rendered present




Peter Brook: transparency and the invisible network




Grotowski's vision of the actor: the search for contact




Training with Eugenio Barba: acting principles, the pre-expressive and 'personal temperature'




Wlodzimierz Staniewski: Gardzienice and the naturalised actor



Index