Acting (Re)considered - A Theoretical and Practical Guide

This second edition includes five new essays and has been fully revised and updated, with discussions by or about major figures who have shaped theories and practices of acting and performance from the late nineteenth century to the present

The essays - by directors, historians, actor trainers and actors - bridge the gap between theories and practices of acting, and between East and West

No other book provides such a wealth of primary and secondary sources, bibliographic material, and diversity of approaches

It includes discussions of such key topics as - how we think and talk about acting acting and emotion the actor's psychophysical process the body and training the actor in performance non-Western and cross-cultural paradigms of the body, training and acting

Vital reading for all interested in performance