The actor and the character : explorations in the psychology of transformative acting /
What are the physical and psychological processes which enable actors to create characters so different from themselves? To understand this unique phenomenon, Vladimir Mirodan provides both a historical overview of the evolution of notions of 'character' in Western theater and a stunning c...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Summary: | What are the physical and psychological processes which enable actors to create characters so different from themselves? To understand this unique phenomenon, Vladimir Mirodan provides both a historical overview of the evolution of notions of 'character' in Western theater and a stunning contemporary analysis of the theoretical implications of transformative acting. The Actor and the Character speaks not only to academics and students, but contributes to current lively academic debates around character. Mirodan boldly reexamines some of he fundamental assumptions of actor training and some basic tenets of theater practice to ask what happens when one of us 'becomes somebody else'? |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 189 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781138852518 1138852511 9781138852525 113885252X |