acting cuisines 2nd edition
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Styles
covered in the book include:
The
Theatre of Ancient Greece
The Theatre of Ancient Rome
Medieval Drama
Renaissance Theatre
Elizabethan Period
Jacobean Period
Restoration Theatre
Romanticism
Melodrama
Naturalism
Realism
Symbolism
Expressionism
Epic Theatre
Theatre of Cruelty
Theatre of the Absurd
Theatre Now
Take a taste trip through the major movements and periods in the history of Western Theatre - from Classical to Contemporary - with Acting Cuisines. For each style there is a summary of the period together with activities that can be used in tandem with studying or rehearsing plays from the particular eras.
The
focus of this book is on acting exercises which will assist performers in
discovering, and enabling them to play the styles of each period. In all
over 90 style related activities are included in Acting Cuisines. The
activities are geared specifically for each era and can be used as tools
to gain insight into the original style of production and to suggest
approaches to performance of the works now.
Extracts from plays for many of the styles are included.
SECOND EDITION
SECONDARY LEVELS
ISBN 1 8764022 45
