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Fangs of malice [[electronic resource] ] : hypocrisy, sincerity, & acting / / Matthew H. Wikander



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Autore: Wikander Matthew H Visualizza persona
Titolo: Fangs of malice [[electronic resource] ] : hypocrisy, sincerity, & acting / / Matthew H. Wikander Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
Disciplina: 792/.028/019
Soggetto topico: Acting - Psychological aspects
Actors - Social life and customs
Theater and society
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments; Prologue. The Actor as Hypocrite; Act One. They dress up; Scene One. As Secret as Maidenhead; Scene Two. Putting on the Cloth; Scene Three. Humanizing the Fop; Act Two. They lie; Scene One. Rousseau and the Cult of Sincerity; Scene Two. Playing Joseph Surface; Scene Three. Ibsen's Small Stage of Fools; Scene Four. Princely Hypocrite; Act Three. They drink; Scene One. The Tavern; Scene Two. Liberty Hall; Scene Three. Harry Hope's Saloon; Scene Four. Contested Sites; Epilogue; Notes; Index
Sommario/riassunto: The idea that actors are hypocrites and fakes and therefore dangerous to society was widespread in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Fangs of Malice examines the equation between the vice of hypocrisy and the craft of acting as it appears in antitheatrical tracts, in popular and high culture, and especially in plays of the period. Rousseau and others argue that actors, expert at seeming other than they are, pose a threat to society; yet dissembling seems also to be an inevitable consequence of human social intercourse. The ""antitheatrical prejudiceo offers a unique perspective on the
Titolo autorizzato: Fangs of malice  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-58729-417-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450795303321
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Serie: Studies in theatre history and culture.