TY - BOOK AU - Benedetti,Jean TI - The art of the actor: the essential history of acting, from classical times to the present day SN - 0413773361 AV - PN2122 .B38 2005 U1 - 792.02809 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - Methuen KW - Acting KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Also issued online N2 - 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 ER -