Acting (Re)Considered - Paperback / softback

Acting (Re)Consideredis an exceptionally wide-ranging collection of theories on acting, ideas about body and training, and statements about the actor in performance. This second edition includes five new essays and has been fully revised and updated, with discussions by or about major figures who have shaped theories and practices of acting and performance from the late nineteenth century to the presentThe essays - by directors, historians, actor trainers and actors - bridge the gap between theories and practices of acting, and between East and West. No other book provides such a wealth of primary and secondary sources, bibliographic material, and diversity of approaches. It includes discussions of such key topics as* how we think and talk about actin* acting and emotio* the actor's psychophysical proces* the body and trainin* the actor in performanc* non-Western and cross-cultural paradigms of the body, training and actingActing (Re)Consideredis vital reading for all those interested in performance.