Twentieth Century Actor Training

Features

• Library Binding: 272 pages
• Published by: Routledge
• Edition: 1st Edition February 8, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0415194512
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0415194518
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Product Review
This great volume presents authoritative explications of a number of the contending positions Including an great bibliography, notes, and some illustrations, this volume is recommended to students of acting on all levels and to their teachers, who may be led to reexamine their own work..
–R. Sugarman, Choice

It is a very exciting and worthwhile project which will certainly be widely welcomed.
–Robert Leach, University of Birmingham

Product Description
Actor training is arguably the most unique phenomenon of twentieth century theatre making. Here, for the first time, the theories, training exercises, and productions of fourteen directors are analyzed in one single volume. Twentieth Century Actor Training provides a unique account of specific training exercises and an analysis of their relationship to the practitioners' theoretical and esthetic concerns.
Looking at many of the landmark productions of the past 100 years, Alison Hodge also looks at the relationship between actor training and production and considers how directly the actor training relates to performance. 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 and Lee Strasberg.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Twentieth Century Actor Training (Paperback) David Mamet in his "Truth and Heresy" accuses the Stanislavski as being an amateur.. and essentially he was correct... despite that he set in motion a wide range of thinking about the "art" of acting. This book maps what has taken place since Konstantin Stanislavski set in place the quest for "truth". A very useful and informative text covering 14 of the major movements in actor training from the twentieth century. This is a great distillation of the major elements of each aproach. Includes significant discussion of the practitioners and their contexts. A great choice for anyone interested in the development of contemporary theatre. As a Drama teacher I find this a great resource for students. This one graces my bookshelf it should also be on yours. Comment | | (Report this)