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Books on: actor

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Actor as Anti-Character: Dionysus, the Devil, and the Boy Rosalind

Book by Lesley Wade Soule; Greenwood Press, 2000

Subjects:

Acting, Child Actors--England, Devil In Literature, Dionysus (Greek Deity) In Literature, Drama, Impersonation, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Stage History--To 1625

Collections: Entire Library

Working from the premise that the stage performer's primary functions derive from celebrative rituals, this book describes the figure of the actor as "anti-character" in premodern popular theatre. Particularly in plays belonging to the popular, performative tradition, the actor simultaneously ...
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Working from the premise that the stage performer's primary functions derive from celebrative rituals, this book describes the figure of the actor as "anti-character" in premodern popular theatre. Particularly in plays belonging to the popular, performative tradition, the actor simultaneously impersonated and subverted the character of the playtext. By doing so, he affirmed the ritual-celebrative authority of the performer and audience over the ideological authority of the written text. Included are close analyses of three major playtexts in performance: Aristophanes' Frogs, the medieval mystery plays, and Shakespeare's As You Like It.
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The Tragic Actor

Book by Bertram Joseph; Routledge and Paul, 1959

Subjects:

Actors--England, Theater--England--History

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THE TRAGIC ACTOR THE TRAGIC ACTOR by BERTRAM JOSEPH Routledge and Kegan Paul First published...was particularly successful in superior melodrama, which gave the actor an opportunity to create independently and to portray character...
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Problems of the Actor

Book by Louis Calvert; H. Holt and Company, 1918

Subjects:

Acting, Actors--Correspondence, Reminiscences, Etc, Drama

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PROBLEMS OF THE ACTOR PROBLEMS OF THE ACTOR BY LOUIS CALVERT WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CLAYTON HAMILTON...a great misfortune that there is no body of literature on the actor's art to which the novice might go for guidance. I do not mean...
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The Disreputable Profession: The Actor in Society

Book by Mendel Kohansky; Greenwood Press, 1984

Subjects:

Acting--History, Drama, Theater And Society

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...Profession The Disreputable Profession The Actor in Society MENDEL KOHANSKY Contributions...8 The Demoniac Actor 117...giver Solon. After complimenting the actor, the great man asked: "Arent you ashamed...
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Beyond the Mask: Gordon Craig, Movement, and the Actor

Book by Irène Eynat-Confino; Southern Illinois University Press, 1987

Subjects:

Craig, Edward Gordon--1872-1966--Influence, Drama, Movement (Acting), Puppet Plays, Puppet Theater, Theater--History--20th Century, Theatrical Producers And Directors--Great Britain--Biography

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...Mask Gordon Craig, Movement, and the Actor Irene Eynat-Confino Southern Illinois...62 Isadora Duncan, "The Actor Attack," The Uber-Marionette...13. On the Actor and the Uber-Marionette 162 14...

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Journal Articles on: actor

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'The Roman Actor,' Censorship, and Dramatic Autonomy

Journal article by David A. Reinheimer; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 38, 1998

Subjects:

English drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Massinger, Philip--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Roman Actor (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Theater--Censorship

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Roman Actor, censorship, and dramatic autonomy...converge in 1626 with Massingers The Roman Actor, his first play in his new post for the...antitheatricalism when he wrote The Roman Actor in 1626. At this time, Massinger had already...
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The Actor as Playwright in Early Modern England

Journal article by A.R. Braunmuller; Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 33, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Actor as Playwright in Early Modern England (Book)--Book reviews

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The Actor as Playwright in Early Modern England. by A.R. Braunmuller The Actor as Playwright in Early Modern England By Nora Johnson...remark on the large number of early modern English actor-playwrights--"Tarlton, Christopher Beeston, Nathan...
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Development Sociology: Actor Perspectives

Journal article by David Lewis; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 8, 2002

Subjects:

Development Sociology: Actor Perspectives (Book)

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Development sociology: actor perspectives by David Lewis LONG, NORMAN. Development sociology: actor perspectives, xiii, 294 pp., figs., bibliogr...development studies. From the late 1970s, Longs actor-oriented research challenged modernization...
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Trance and Transformation of the Actor: Japanese Noh and Balinese Masked Dance-Drama

Journal article by Kathy Foley; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 22, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Trance and Transformation of the Actor: Japanese Noh and Balinese Masked Dance-Drama (Book)--Book reviews

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Trance and Transformation of the Actor: Japanese Noh and Balinese Masked Dance-Drama...Foley TRANCE AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE ACTOR: JAPANESE NOH AND BALINESE MASKED DANCE-DRAMA...in pointing out that the mask in Western actor training is often advocated as a tool of...
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Translating Nations: Actor-Network Theory In/and Canada

Journal article by Bram Dov Abramson; The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 35, 1998

Subjects:

Canada--Social aspects, National characteristics--Canada, Sociology--Analysis, Technology--Social aspects

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Translating nations: actor-network theory in/and Canada. by...inscribed in the project of the macro-actor (Callon, 1991). Macro-actors are therefore...persuasion and violence, thanks to which an actor or force takes, or causes to be conferred...

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Magazine Articles on: actor

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Sex and the Kinsey Guy: While Sexual Fluidity May Attract Talented Actors like Kinsey's Peter Sarsgaard, It Seems to Frighten Away Audiences-And Oscar Voters. the Actor and His Openly Gay Directors Speculate on Why

Magazine article by Adam B. Vary; The Advocate, March 1, 2005

Subjects:

Condon, Bill (writer-director)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Gay actors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Gay writers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Kinsey (Motion picture), Sarsgaard, Peter (actor)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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...Frighten Away Audiences-And Oscar Voters. the Actor and His Openly Gay Directors Speculate...subject more thought than your average actor, well, he notices it too: "I think sex...time." No kidding: In his 10 years as an actor, he has pretty much run the gamut. He has...
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Shaping the Independent Actor: 8 Master Acting Teachers Investigate the Crucial Balance between Classroom Rigor and Personal Discovery

Magazine article by Ellen Orenstein; American Theatre, Vol. 25, January 2008

Subjects:

Acting teachers, Drama teachers

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Shaping the Independent Actor: 8 Master Acting Teachers Investigate...years with Theatre de la Jeune Lune as an actor, director, composer, designer and artistic...then we dont feel the dynamic that the actor would rather be off stage as quickly as...
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The Actor and the Critic: What Happens When You Bring Them Together for a No-Holds-Barred Conversation?

Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 23, May-June 2006

Subjects:

Actors--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Actresses--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Theater--Conferences, meetings and seminars

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The Actor and the Critic: What Happens When You Bring...confront the issue of the marginalization of the actor as artist in this society." Empaneled with...are: 1 How does the general public view the actor, and does it differentiate among "American...
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The Lying Game: So You Want to Be an Actor? the First Step Is Figuring out Why in the World You'd Do Such a Thing

Magazine article by Zelda Fichandler; American Theatre, Vol. 22, January 2005

Subjects:

Acting--Psychological aspects, Acting--Social aspects, Acting--Study and teaching, Theatrical actors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Theatrical actors--Training, Truth--Psychological aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The Lying Game: So You Want to Be an Actor? the First Step Is Figuring out Why in...reasons why someone wants to become an actor: "You dont want to get up early, you dont...seriously, why does someone want to become an actor? To enter that arena with the lions and...
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Randy Gets Real: Out Actor Randy Harrison Talks about Freeing Himself from Justin, Playing a Gun-Toting Straight Teen in an Upcoming Showtime Movie, and Preparing for Life after Queer as Folk

Magazine article by Eric Meers; The Advocate, September 17, 2002

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Randy Gets Real: Out Actor Randy Harrison Talks about Freeing Himself...of fair hair. It seems the 24-year-old actor is having a bit of an identity crisis...separate from the series. At heart a stage actor, he spent May in an off-Broadway production...

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Newspaper Articles on: actor

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Paralyzed Actor Decides to Star in Remake, Open a New 'Window': Christopher Reeve Updates Hitchcock's 1954 Classic

Newspaper article by Frazier Moore; The Washington Times, November 22, 1998

Subjects:

Reeve, Christopher (Actor)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Paralyzed actor decides to star in remake, open a new Window...Frazier Moore Christopher Reeve was an actor for a quarter-century until a horse-riding...uniqueness. "Watching almost every famous actor, theres a certain amount of time before...
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Actor Reeve, Sarah Brady, Hillary to Address Democrats

Newspaper article by Brian Blomquist; The Washington Times, August 18, 1996

Subjects:

Brady, James S., Clinton, Hillary Rodham, Democratic National Committee, Reeve, Christopher (Actor)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Actor Reeve, Sarah Brady, Hillary to address Democrats by Brian Blomquist Paralyzed actor Christopher Reeve and Sarah Brady, wife of President Reagans...effect of government policies. Mr. Reeve, a Hollywood actor best known for his Superman roles, was paralyzed in a horse-riding...
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A Superhuman Effort from Paralysed Actor

Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), May 30, 1999

Subjects:

Reeve, Christopher (Actor)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

A Superhuman Effort from Paralysed Actor. PARALYSED actor Christopher Reeve is in a race against time - and he is...injury are slim, says an expert. The 46-year-old Superman actor flies on planes up to three times a week to make speeches...
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DiCaprio, Sinatra and a Life of Excess; Scene&Heard in His Last Interview, Actor David Hemmings Revealed All about His Friends, His Enemies and His Years of Hellraising

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 11, 2003

Subjects:

Caine, Michael, Harris, Richard (Irish actor)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Excess; Scene Heard in His Last Interview, Actor David Hemmings Revealed All about His Friends...people, sadly. Did I call him the only actor Ive actively disliked? Yes, I did, and...to me, whod done next to nothing as an actor. It was a brave move, but Im glad he made...
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Drink and Drugs Took Their Toll on a Massive Talent; Anthony Looch Looks at a New Biography of Actor Richard Harris

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 12, 2003

Subjects:

Harris, Richard (Irish actor)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and Drugs Took Their Toll on a Massive Talent; Anthony Looch Looks at a New Biography of Actor Richard Harris. Byline: Anthony Looch THE life of actor Richard Harris, who died last year aged 72, was blighted by his chronic alcoholism. His...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: actor

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Kemble, Roger

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

KEMBLE, ROGER 1721 1802, English actor and manager. During his years as the leader...1783) as Hamlet. He was a stately, formal actor, the eras foremost exponent of the declamatory...their second son, was also a Shakespearean actor, well known in later life for his girth...
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Barrymore

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...actors. Maurice Barrymore The first actor of the name was Maurice Barrymore, 1847...melodrama, Under the Gaslight. A handsome actor, he was leading man to many of the famous...Drew, his uncle. A much admired character actor, he is best remembered for his work in...
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Huston, John

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...American motion picture director, writer, and actor, b. Nevada, Mo. In many of his films, such...1978), and Under the Volcano (1984). An actor as well, he was nominated for an Academy...was Walter Huston, 1884 1950, American actor, b. Toronto, Ont. A character actor, he...
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Acting

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...identification with the character on the part of the actor. In this way the full emotional weight...stage be communicated to the audience. The actor must be a sharp observer of life and thoroughly...of ensemble playing, he believed that an actor must strive for absolute psychological...
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Laughton, Charles

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...LAUGHTON, CHARLES 1899 1962, Anglo-American actor, b. Scarborough, England. A large, versatile character actor, Laughton was successful both in films and...Callow, Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor (1987, repr. 1997...

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