Being an Actor
Being an Actor
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Simon Callow provides a gloomy assessment of the state of British theatre. He describes the decline of ensemble playing, a lack of training for young actors and "brochure theatre" where novelty replaces substance, and warns that without attention to stagecraft, British theatre will surely die.
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Being an Actor by Simon Callow
When it was first published in 1984, this book exposed the pressures, rewards and insecurity of an actor's life, and caused a storm of controversy for its forthright views on the shortcomings of contemporary directors. Ten years later, Simon Callow has provided a new and gloomy assessment of the state of British theatre today, with the decline of ensemble playing, a lack of training for young actors, "brochure theatre" where novelty replaces substance, and audiences who applaud the hydraulics of the stage machinery rather than the quality of the actor's performace. It ends with a warning that without attention to the roots of the art of stagecraft, the tree of British theatre will surely die.| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140239256 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140239251 |
| Titre | Being an Actor |
| Auteur | Simon Callow |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Année de publication | 1995-02-23 |
| Nombre de pages | 256 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |