Twentieth century actor training /
20th century actor training
edited by Alison Hodge.
- xv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Stanislavsky's system : pathways for the actor / Sharon Marie Carnicke -- Meyerhold and biomechanics / Robert Leach -- Jacques Copeau : the quest for sincerity / John Rudlin -- Michael Chekhov on the technique of acting : 'was Don Quixote true to life?' / Franc Chamberlain -- Brecht and actor training : on whose behalf do we act? / Peter Thomson -- Joan Littlewood / Clive Barker -- Strasberg, Adler and Meisner : method acting / David Krasner -- Joseph Chaikin and aspects of actor training : possibilities rendered present / Dorinda Hulton -- Peter Brook : transparency and the invisible network / Lorna Marshall and David Williams -- Grotowski's vision of the actor : the search for contact / Lisa Wolford -- Training with Eugenio Barba : acting principles, the pre-expressive and 'personal temperature' / Ian Watson -- Włodzimierz Staniewski : Gardzienice and the naturalised actor / Alison Hodge.
"Actor training is arguably the central phenomenon of twentieth century theatre making. Here for the first time, the theories, training exercises and productions of fourteen directors are analysed in a single volume, each one written by a leading expert. The practitioners included are: * Stella Adler * Bertolt Brecht * Joseph Chaikin * Jacques Copeau * Joan Littlewood * Vsevelod Meyerhold * Konstantin Stanislavsky * Eugenio Barba * Peter Brook * Michael Chekhov * Jerzy Grotowski * Sanford Meisner * Wlodimierz Staniewski * Lee Strasbourg. Each chapter provides a unique account of specific training exercises and an analysis of their relationship to the practitioners theoretical and aesthetic concerns. The collection examines the relationship between actor training and production and considers how directly the actor training relates to performance. With detailed accounts of the principles, exercises and their application to many of the landmark productions of the past hundred years, this book will be invaluable to students, teachers, practitioners, and academics alike."--Publisher's website.