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The English Actor
From Medieval to Modern
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The English Actor charts the uniquely English approach to stagecraft. In thirty chapters, Peter Ackroyd describes, with superb narrative skill, the genesis of acting—deriving from the Church tradition of Mystery Plays—through the flourishing of the craft in the Renaissance to modern methods that followed the advent...
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The English Actor
An original and superbly entertaining appraisal of the uniquely English approach to stagecraft.
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Description
The English Actor charts the uniquely English approach to stagecraft. In thirty chapters, Peter Ackroyd describes, with superb narrative skill, the genesis of acting—deriving from the Church tradition of Mystery Plays—through the flourishing of the craft in the Renaissance to modern methods that followed the advent of film and television.
The biographies of the most notable and celebrated actors are also explored, right up to the present day. In this book, Ackroyd gives us an original and superbly entertaining appraisal of how actors have acted—and how audiences have responded—since the medieval period, and what we mean by the 'magic of the stage'.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781789148398
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 February 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Peter Ackroyd is one of Britain's most respected historians and novelists. His many books include London: The Biography, Hawksmoor and the bestselling History of England series. He is also the author of The English Actor, a fascinating study of the English actor from medieval times to the modern day, also published by Reaktion.
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