The Idea of the Actor /

Analyzing the relationship between dramatic action and the controversial art of acting, William Worthen demonstrates that what it means to act, to be an actor, and to communicate through acting embodies both an ethics of acting and a poetics of drama. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Lega...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Worthen, William B., 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Theater.
English drama.
Drama.
Acting.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
theater (discipline)
plays (performing arts compositions)
acting.
Theâtre.
Theâtre anglais > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre (Genre litteraire)
Art dramatique.
English drama > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • The Idea of the Actor: Introduction
  • 1. Is it not monstrous: The Demonic Dialectic of Renaissance Acting
  • 2. Realize the feelings of his Character: Gesture, Feeling, and Community in the Sentimental Theater
  • 3. Self-Betrayal: The Optics of Modern Acting
  • Postscript
  • Notes
  • Index

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