Redesigned with a contemporary new cover, this is a comprehensive consideration of all aspects of the actor's art and craft, as told by the theater's greatest practitioners, from ancient Greece to the 20th century.
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From the Inside Flap
Redesigned with a contemporary new cover, this is a comprehensive consideration of all aspects of the actor's art and craft, as told by the theater's greatest practitioners, from ancient Greece to the 20th century.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good primer,
By Marc Silberschatz (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Actors on Acting: The Theories, Techniques, and Practices of the World's Great Actors, Told in Thir Own Words (Paperback)
This book offers a wide variety of information on various acting styles and techniques. It provides the reader with a virtual history of acting. Though there is much information, much of it is not practical. Much of the information is in the form of exerpts from other books. There is no way to practically apply the information given in "Actors on Acting" without reading the entire book that the article being read comes from. This is more difficult because many of the actors quoted do not have books available. This book however is an excellent primer. A person begining to explore the craft of acting can find styles they would like to explore in greater depth without buying an entire book on that particular style. I recomend this book for anyone who is begining their study of the craft of acting.
4.0 out of 5 stars
not new,
This review is from: Actors on Acting: The Theories, Techniques, and Practices of the World's Great Actors, Told in Thir Own Words (Paperback)
i ordered a new book and got a used book. It was highlighted with markers. Not happy with the that.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Decent Book, Must Have Interest in Acting,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Actors on Acting: The Theories, Techniques, and Practices of the World's Great Actors, Told in Thir Own Words (Paperback)
Although this book is a vast collection of writings, it serves a relatively narrow interest for anyone who does not have a direct interest in the theater. It's been useful to me in that I've read two chapters for my acting class (which was taken simply to fulfill a requirement), and I was able to complete a very well-informed and organized report based on what I read in the book. However, I do not see myself using this book in the future except as perhaps a reference book when I'm asked about one particular famous actor/actress or another. But then, I could also buy the Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica Encyclopedia (Encyclopaedia) and get a quick reference instead of several pages of things that I will not really care about again in the foreseeable future. Cost, however, prevents me from doing so.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
The histrionic tradition of the western world originated in Greece during the sixth century B.C. when the first significant step toward dramatic impersonation was taken. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
histrionic theory, del grande attore, mimetic emotion, histrionic tradition, histrionic art, ample beard, tragic acting, natural acting, creative mood, objective acting, patent theatres, creative actor, spiritual concentration, realistic theatre, dramatic passions, affective memory, epic theatre Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Lady Macbeth, Moscow Art Theatre, Group Theatre, United States, Henry Irving, Edmund Kean, Drury Lane, Peter Brook, King Lear, Edwin Booth, Don Juan, World War, Ellen Terry, Mother Courage, Covent Garden, Michael Chekhov, Maly Theatre, Edwin Forrest, Old Vic, Richard Burbage, Abbey Theatre, Theatre Guild, Ben Jonson, Bertolt Brecht New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The histrionic tradition of the western world originated in Greece during the sixth century B.C. when the first significant step toward dramatic impersonation was taken. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
histrionic theory, del grande attore, mimetic emotion, histrionic tradition, histrionic art, ample beard, tragic acting, natural acting, creative mood, objective acting, patent theatres, creative actor, spiritual concentration, realistic theatre, dramatic passions, affective memory, epic theatre Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Lady Macbeth, Moscow Art Theatre, Group Theatre, United States, Henry Irving, Edmund Kean, Drury Lane, Peter Brook, King Lear, Edwin Booth, Don Juan, World War, Ellen Terry, Mother Courage, Covent Garden, Michael Chekhov, Maly Theatre, Edwin Forrest, Old Vic, Richard Burbage, Abbey Theatre, Theatre Guild, Ben Jonson, Bertolt Brecht New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 115
books:
See all 115 books this book cites
41
books
cite this book:
See all 41 books citing this book
- As You Like It (Penguin Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare on page 78, Index (1), and Index (2)
- The Taming of the Shrew (The New Folger Library) by William Shakespeare on page 79, page 613, and Index
- A History of Theatrical Art in Ancient and Modern Times. by Karl Mantzius on page 39, page 153, and page 177
- The Cricket on the Hearth: and Other Christmas Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by Charles Dickens on page 546, and Index
- Ellen Terry's Memoirs by Ellen Terry on page 360, and Back Matter
See all 115 books this book cites
- Acting (Re)Considered: A Theoretical and Practical Guide (Worlds of Performance) by Phillip B. Zarrilli on 5 pages
- Acting (Re)Considered: A Theoretical and Practical Guide (Worlds of Performance) by Phillip Zarrilli on 4 pages
- Twentieth Century Theatre: A Sourcebook by Richard Drain on 4 pages
- Twentieth Century Theatre: A Sourcebook by Richard Drain on 4 pages
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Stage (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Stanley Wells on page 135, and Back Matter
See all 41 books citing this book
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
|
|
