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Embodied Acting
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 29.95?A focus on the body, its actions, and its cognitive mechanisms identifies ... foundational principles of activity that link the three elements of theatre; Story, Space, and Time. The three meet in, are defined by, and expressed through the actor?s body.? ? from the Introduction? Embodied Acting is an essential, pragmatic intervention in... more...
Acting Emotions
Amsterdam University Press 2001; US$ 36.75Fascinating survey of acting styles and the psychology of emotions in acting. more...
Managing Performance Stress
Routledge 2006; US$ 34.95Examines psychological and psycho physiological research and theories that explain causes of anxiety and stress. This book is intended for athletes, musicians, dancers and actors, as well as those who devise and conduct their training programs. more...
Fangs Of Malice
University of Iowa Press 2005; US$ 29.95The idea that actors are hypocrites and fakes and therefore dangerous to society was widespread in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Fangs of Malice examines the equation between the vice of hypocrisy and the craft of acting as it appears in antitheatrical tracts, in popular and high culture, and especially in plays of the period. Rousseau... more...
Stage Presence
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 38.95Focusing on examples of live performance in drama, dance, opera and light entertainment, Jane Goodall explores a characteristic as compelling and enigmatic as the performers who demonstrate it. The mysterious quality of ?presence? in a performer has strong resonances with the uncanny. It is associated with primal, animal qualities in human individuals,... more...
The Philosophical Actor
Intellect 2010; US$ 20.00There have been many books published on acting, actor training, and practical theories for preparing for a role, but none of these books have ever looked philosophically at the language and the concepts that we use when we talk about acting. The Philosophical Actor is the first attempt to grapple with the fundamental questions of truth, art, and human... more...
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