The Art of the Actor: The Essential History of Acting from Classical Times to the Present Day by Jean Benedetti

The Art of the Actor: The Essential History of Acting from Classical Times to the Present Day

Jean Benedetti

245 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced

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How did acting begin? What is its history, and what have the great thinkers on acting said about the art and craft of performance? In this single-volume survey of the history of acting, Jean Benedetti traces the evolution of the theories of the ac...

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