Acting In Restoration Comedy

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Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557831194
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acting in Restoration Comedy written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1991 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Acting Series). The art of acting in restoration comedy, the buoyant, often bowdy romps which celebrated the reopening of the English theatres after Cromwell's dour reign, is the subject of Simon Callow's bold investigation. There is cause again to celebrate as Callow, one of Britain's foremost actors, aims to restore the form to all its original voluptuous vigor. Callow shows the way to attain clarity and hilarity in some of the most delightful roles ever conceived for the theatre.

Author : J. L. Styan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521274210
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Restoration Comedy in Performance written by J. L. Styan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-08-29 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the ways in which Restoration comedy was performed, using the costume, customs, manners and behaviour of the age as a way of understanding its theatre and drama. It also considers problems encountered in early twentieth century revivals of plays by authors such as Etherege, Dryden, Congreve and Farquhar.

Author : Deborah Payne Fisk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139825674
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre written by Deborah Payne Fisk and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-11 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich and varied portrait of the drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres, situating them in the social and political culture of the time. No longer seen as a privileged arena for select dramatists and elite courtiers, the Restoration theatre is revealed in all of its tumult, energy and conflict. The fourteen newly-commissioned essays examine the theatre, paying attention to major playwrights such as Dryden, Wycherly and Congreve and also to more minor works and to plays by the first professional female dramatists. The book begins with chapters on the performance of the drama in its own time, on theatres, acting and staging, and continues with the main dramatic genres and themes, with a final chapter on the critical history of the drama. The volume also includes a thorough chronology and biographies and bibliographies of dramatists.

Author : Suzanne M. Ramczyk
Publisher : Heinemann Drama
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delicious Dissembling written by Suzanne M. Ramczyk and published by Heinemann Drama. This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restoration comedies of manners are at once bitingly true-to-life and deceptively artificial. Their style, elegance, grace, and wit provide the kind of challenge actors continue to love. Now Suzanne Ramczyk offers both directors and actors the tools they need to perform these popular plays. Drawing on her directing experience and her years of leading workshops on Restoration theatre, Ramczyk provides: an historic overview of the period and the literature analysis of the major literary devices and features methods to approach vocal interpretation of often highly artificial text a solid grounding in period manners and movement specific exercises to get actors quickly and easily into the Restoration style detailed artwork of period costumes illustrations of such period necessities as bows, curtsies, the "language" of the fan, and snuff taking. Read Ramczyk and explore the possibilities of Restoration comedy from first reading to final, polished performance.

Author : George Etherege
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The comical revenge; or, Love in a tub [a comedy, by sir G. Etherege]. written by George Etherege and published by . This book was released on 1669 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Diana Solomon
Publisher : University of Delaware
ISBN 13 : 1611494230
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prologues and Epilogues of Restoration Theater written by Diana Solomon and published by University of Delaware. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a taxonomy of prologues and epilogues with a corresponding appendix, and demonstrates through case studies of Anne Bracegirdle and Anne Oldfield how the study of prologues and epilogues enriches Restoration theater scholarship.

Author : Robert Cohen
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acting One/Acting Two written by Robert Cohen and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 2007-01-17 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new, fifth edition of Robert Cohen's Acting One, the text used to teach acting on more campuses than any other, has now been combined for the first time with his Acting Two, (the second edition of his previously-titled Advanced Acting). Together, Acting One/Acting Two provides a comprehensive and fully integrated system of all acting, from the most realistic to the most stylized. Part One (Acting One) covers basic skills such as talking, listening, tactical interplay, physicalizing, building scenes, and making powerful acting choices. Part Two (Acting Two) provides a series of exercises that encourage the student actor's self-extension into radically different styles (historical, literary, fantastical) and characterizations; then coaches the student through scenework in a variety of historical periods (Greek, Commedia, Elizabethan, Molière, Restoration, Belle Epoque), as well as modern hyper-realistic theatrical forms such as the theatres of alienation and the absurd, and exemplary recent dramas by Tony Kushner, Margaret Edson, August Wilson and Doug Wright.

Author : Aphra Behn
Publisher : Joe Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1987955684
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rover written by Aphra Behn and published by Joe Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magic of Naples during Carnival inspires love between a disparate group of local citizens and visiting Englishmen.

Author : William B. Worthen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400857538
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Idea of the Actor written by William B. Worthen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the relationship between dramatic action and the controversial art of acting, William Worthen demonstrates that what it means to act, to be an actor, and to communicate through acting embodies both an ethics of acting and a poetics of drama. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Nicole Potter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 158115934X
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Movement for Actors written by Nicole Potter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rich resource for American actors, renowned movement teachers and directors reveal the physical skills needed for the stage and screen. Experts in a wide array of disciplines provide remarkable insight into the Alexander technique, the use of psychological gesture, period movement, the work of Rudolph Laban, postmodern choreography, and Suzuki training, to name but a few. Those who want to pursue serious training will be able to consult the appendix for listings of the best teachers and schools in the country. This inspiring collection is a must read for all actors, directors, and teachers of theater looking for stimulation and new approaches.