Systems of rehearsal : Stanislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski, and Brook / Shomit Mitter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitter, Shomit, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater rehearsals.

Acting.

Theater--Production and direction.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The gap between theory and practice in rehearsal is wide. many actors and directors apply theories without fully understanding them, and most accounts of rehearsal techniques fail to put the methods in context. Systems of Rehearsal is the first systematic appraisal of the three principal paradigms in which virtually all theatre work is conducted today - those developed by Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski. The author compares each system ot the work of the contemporary director who, says Mitter, is the Great Imitator of each of them: Peter Brook. The result is the most comprehens

Contents:

Cover; SYSTEMS OF REHEARSAL: Stanislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski and Brook; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 TO BE:; 2 TO BE AND NOT TO BE:; 3 LET BE:; Epilogue: A MULTI-FACETED ONTOLOGY IN PERFORMANCE: Uniting rough and holy in Le Mahabharata; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-173) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-91711-2

1-280-46357-0

9786610463572

0-203-13169-X

9780203131695

OCLC:

264531043