An Actress Prepares: Women and the Method

ISBN-13: 9780415681568 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 254 str.

Rosemary Malague

Opis

'An Actress Prepares' is the first book to interrogate Method acting from a specifically feminist perspective. Rose Malague addresses 'the Method' not only with much-needed critical distance, but also the crucial insider's view of a trained actor.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments  1. The "Given Circumstances"  2. Emotional Control: Lee Strasberg as "Big Daddy" of the Method  3. Script Analysis: Stella Adler’s Feminist Subtext  4. Exercises in Repetition: Sanford Meisner and "Instinct"  5. Respect for the Actress: Uta Hagen on Playing Female Roles  6. The "Magic If": Forward-Looking Conclusions  Notes  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Rosemary Malague is the director of the Theatre Arts Program and a senior lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a doctorate in theatre from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.