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The idea of the actor : drama and the ethics of performance / William B. Worthen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1984]Copyright date: ©1984Description: 1 (281 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1400857538
  • 069106623X
  • 9780691612065
  • 9780691639994
  • 0691612064
  • 9781400857531
  • 9780691066233
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Idea of the actor : drama and the ethics of performance.DDC classification:
  • 792/.028 19
LOC classification:
  • PN2061 .W67 1984eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- The Idea of the Actor: Introduction -- 1. Is it not monstrous: The Demonic Dialectic of Renaissance Acting -- 2. Realize the feelings of his Character: Gesture, Feeling, and Community in the Sentimental Theater -- 3. Self-Betrayal: The Optics of Modern Acting -- Postscript -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Analyzing the relationship between dramatic action and the controversial art of acting, William Worthen demonstrates that what it means to act, to be an actor, and to communicate through acting embodies both an ethics of acting and a poetics of drama.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- The Idea of the Actor: Introduction -- 1. Is it not monstrous: The Demonic Dialectic of Renaissance Acting -- 2. Realize the feelings of his Character: Gesture, Feeling, and Community in the Sentimental Theater -- 3. Self-Betrayal: The Optics of Modern Acting -- Postscript -- Notes -- Index

Analyzing the relationship between dramatic action and the controversial art of acting, William Worthen demonstrates that what it means to act, to be an actor, and to communicate through acting embodies both an ethics of acting and a poetics of drama.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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