Athene Seyler, Stephen Haggard

The Craft of Comedy

The 21st Century Edition
Herausgeber: Barton, Robert

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The discipline of comedy acting doesn't have many classic texts. The Craft of Comedy is unquestionably one of them, though. It is a compilation of correspondence between a young actor, Stephen Haggard, and the renowned actress Athene Seyler, in which the latter expounds upon the art of comedy in lucid and timeless terms. This significant new edition, edited by Robert Barton, re-launches The Craft of Comedy as a handbook for the contemporary student , as well as an essential, canonical text. Incorporating practical exercises, contextual notes, illustrations and extensive appendices, it re-establishes Seyler as one of great practical theorists of comedy and comedy acting.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 130mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9780415527248
• ISBN-10: 0415527244
• Artikelnr.: 35682958

Autorenporträt

Robert Barton is the author of the books Acting: Onstage and Off (now in its 6th edition), Voice: Onstage and Off, with Rocco Dal Vera, Theatre in Your Life and Life Themes, with Annie McGregor, and Style for Actors (all in recent revised editions). His most recent text is Acting Reframes: Using NLP to Make Better Decisions in and out of the Theatre. His regular column "Many Right Ways" is published in The Voice and Speech Review.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Distorted Truth
Chapter 2 Tight-Rope Walking
Chapter 3 Just Do It
Chapter 4 Trust and Confidence
Chapter 5 Rhythm
Chapter 6 Comedy of Manners
Chapter 7 Delicate Decadence
Chapter 8 The Acting Profession