The Art of the Actor: The Essential History of Acting from Classical Times to the Present Day
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How did acting begin? What is its history, and what have the great thinkers on acting said about the art and craft of performance? In this single-volume survey of the history of acting, Jean Benedetti traces the evolution of the theories of the actor's craft drawing extensively on extracts from key texts, many of which are unavailable for the student today. Beginning with the classical conceptions of acting as rhetoric and oratory, as exemplified...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0878302042
ISBN13:9780878302048
Release Date:February 2007
Publisher:Routledge
Length:256 Pages
Weight:1.18 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"
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