Benedetti, Jean, <br/><br/>
The art of the actor :  the essential history of acting, from classical times to the present day / 
Jean Benedetti. 
 - ix, 245 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Classical Rhetoric -- 2. Shakespeare and His Contemporaries -- 3. Declamation -- 4. Acting -- 5. Diderot -- 6. Coquelin -- 7. Realism -- 8. Stanislavski and the 'System' -- 9. Michael Chekhov -- 10. The New Actor in France -- 11. Meyerhold -- 12. Brecht -- 13. The 'Ritual' Actor. 
<br/><br/> An essential sourcebook and working tool for students of all levels and for theatre practitioners, this is a superb book and explication of the work of the leading theorists on the art of acting. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0413773361 9780413773364 0713689978 9780713689976 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Acting--History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN2122  / .B38 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>792.02809