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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812755703321

Autore

Mitter Shomit <1960->

Titolo

Systems of rehearsal : Stanislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski, and Brook / / Shomit Mitter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-91711-2

1-280-46357-0

9786610463572

0-203-13169-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

792

792.028

Soggetti

Theater rehearsals

Acting

Theater - Production and direction

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 (p. 159-173) and index.

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