The Art of the Actor: The Essential History of Acting from Classical Times to the Present Day

by Jean Benedetti

Book Overview

How did acting begin? What is its history, and what have the great thinkers on acting said about the art and craft of performance? In this single-volume survey of the history of acting, Jean Benedetti traces the evolution of the theories of the actor's craft drawing extensively on extracts from key texts, many of which are unavailable for the student today. Beginning with the classical conceptions of acting as rhetoric and oratory, as exemplified...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878302042
• ISBN13: 9780878302048
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"