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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461493103321

Autore

Meyer-Dinkgräfe Daniel <1958->

Titolo

Approaches to acting : past and present / / Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2001

ISBN

0-8264-4901-8

1-283-20229-8

9786613202291

1-4411-0381-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Continuum Collection

Disciplina

792/.028

Soggetti

Acting

Acting - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-218) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Worldwide Origins of Acting; 2 The Foundations of Western Approaches to Acting: Greece and Rome; 3 Renewing the Sources: Approaches to Acting in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; 4 Nature or Form: Approaches to Acting from 1550 to 1900; 5 Approaches to Acting in the Twentieth Century; 6 Non-Western Approaches to Acting; 7 Approaches to Acting in the Intercultural Paradigm; 8 Training the Actor, Past and Present; 9 Theatre Criticism; 10 The Future of Acting; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For centuries the theatre has been one of the major forms of art. How did acting, and its institutionalization in the theatre, begin in the first place? In some cultures complex stories relate the origin of acting and the theatre. And over time, approaches to acting have changed considerably. In the West, until the end of the 19th century, those changes occurred within the realm of acting itself, focusing on the question of whether acting should be 'natural' or 'formal.' Approaches to acting were closely related to the trends in culture at large. Acting became more and more professional and so