The Craft of Comedy: The 21st Century Edition

ISBN-13: 9780415527231 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 176 str.

Athene Seyler; Robert Barton

Opis

This new edition takes a good book and makes it better. Editor Robert Barton has devised extensive supplementary material, including an introduction to the correspondents, the culture of the time, and the evolution of their book, summaries, definitions, and exercises and practice scenes for readers wishing to explore Athene Seyler's invaluable advice, photographs, additional essays by Seyler, and a guide to easily accessed video clips of her performing.

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

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.