The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting
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GBPActing is widely acknowledged to be the central art of the theatre and has a long and vibrant history. With over one thousand entries, this is the first encyclopedia of stage actors and acting around the world. More than one hundred renowned international contributors provide biographical, historical and technical information about actors both familiar and obscure whose work has been crucial in the development of acting methods and traditions from classical theatre to the present day. Entries on key directors, theorists and teachers, and on the elements and genres of acting provide insights into the history of acting as an art and its current practice. Including a chronological list of actors that spans the past two thousand years and many diverse countries and cultures, this Encyclopedia offers a fascinating and unique overview of acting onstage that will be of interest to anyone who attends or practises theatre.
- The first encyclopedia of stage actors and acting
- Provides wide-ranging information about both internationally well-known actors and those who are famous in their own country, and includes a chronological list of actors, spanning centuries, countries and cultures
- Over one thousand entries on the elements and genres of acting provide both an introduction to the craft of acting and a rich perspective on the historical material, as well as revealing the major theories and innovative practices that have been central to the development of acting
Product details
January 2015Hardback
9780521769549
710 pages
253 × 182 × 35 mm
1.55kg
16 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- A-Z general entries
- Appendix. Chronological list of actors
- Bibliography
- Index of actors and directors.
