Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Worldwide Origins of Acting; The Foundations of Western Approaches to Acting: Greece and Rome; Renewing the Sources: Approaches to Acting in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; Nature or Form: Approaches to Acting from 1550 to 1900; Approaches to Acting in the Twentieth Century; Stanislavsky and His Legacy: Realism and Naturalism from Psychotechnique to Physical Actions; Developments in Anti-Realism; Director's Theatre; Acting, Postmodernism and Performance; Non-Western Approaches to Acting India; Japan; China; Islamic Countries; Approaches to Acting in the Intercultural Paradigm; Training the Actor, Past and Present; Theatre Criticism; The Future of Acting; Notes Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe is a Lecturer in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.