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Playwrights and Acting: Acting Methodologies for Brecht, Ionesco, Pinter, and Shepard
By James H. McTeague
220 pages
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- Greenwood Press
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- Westport, CT
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- 1994
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Synopsis
This book analyzes the acting aesthetic of Brecht, Ionesco, Pinter, and Shepard and presents a detailed methodological approach to the performance of their plays. The originality of the book lies in the systematic and critical analysis of both the process of preparing a role and the shifting assumptions on matters essential for a coherent acting methodology for each playwright. The book is distinctive in that it focuses almost exclusively on the playwrights' published remarks concerning the theatre ...
This book analyzes the acting aesthetic of Brecht, Ionesco, Pinter, and Shepard and presents a detailed methodological approach to the performance of their plays. The originality of the book lies in the systematic and critical analysis of both the process of preparing a role and the shifting assumptions on matters essential for a coherent acting methodology for each playwright. The book is distinctive in that it focuses almost exclusively on the playwrights' published remarks concerning the theatre and acting, supplemented with observations by actors and directors who were close collaborators with the playwrights on productions.
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Table of contents
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- Recent Titles in Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies ii
- Title Page iii
- Copyright Acknowledgments v
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xvii
- One New Forms--New Actors 1
- Two Bertolt Brecht 15
- Three Eugene Ionesco 55
- Four Harold Pinter 77
- Five Sam Shepard 105
- Conclusion 129
- Notes 141
- Bibliograhy 155
- Index 161
- About the Author 177