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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783157203321

Autore

Mitter Shomit <1960->

Titolo

Systems of Rehearsal [[electronic resource] ] : Stanislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski, and Brook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

1-134-91711-2

1-280-46357-0

9786610463572

0-203-13169-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

792

792.028

Soggetti

Theater rehearsals

Drama

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; SYSTEMS OF REHEARSAL: Stanislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski and Brook; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 TO BE:; 2 TO BE AND NOT TO BE:; 3 LET BE:; Epilogue: A MULTI-FACETED ONTOLOGY IN PERFORMANCE: Uniting rough and holy in Le Mahabharata; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The gap between theory and practice in rehearsal is wide. many actors and directors apply theories without fully understanding them, and most accounts of rehearsal techniques fail to put the methods in context. Systems of Rehearsal is the first systematic appraisal of the three principal paradigms in which virtually all theatre work is conducted today - those developed by Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski. The author compares each system ot the work of the contemporary director who, says Mitter, is the Great Imitator of each of them: Peter Brook. The result is the most comprehens