Modern Theories of Performance: From Stanislavski to Boal - Hardcover

Graham Ley; Jane Milling

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333775414 ISBN 13: 9780333775417

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2000

Synopsis

The modern era in the theatre is remarkable for the extraordinary role and influence of theoretical practitioners, whose writings have shaped our sense of the possibilities and objectives of performance. This study offers a critical exploration of the theoretical writings of key modern practitioners from Stanlislavski to Boal. Designed to be read alongside primary source material, each chapter offers not only a summary and exposition of these theories, but a critical commentary on their composition as discourses. Close scrutiny of the cultural context and figurative language of these important, and sometimes difficult, texts yields fresh insight into the ideas of these practitioners.

About this title

About the Author

GRAHAM LEY is Director of taught Postgraduate Studies in the School of Music and Drama at the University of Exeter, UK.; JANE MILLING is Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Drama at the University of Exeter, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333775414
• ISBN 13: 9780333775417
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 198