ABSTRACT

John Harrop examines how we think and speak about acting. Addressing himself to the intellectual problems associated with the idea of acting, it covers the range of actor training and practice from Stanislavski to the Post-Modern, and looks at the spiritual and moral purposes of acting within society: its danger and self-sacrifice.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|6 pages

Acting and the phenomenological problem

chapter 2|8 pages

Acting and semiotics

chapter 3|7 pages

Acting and athletics

chapter 4|7 pages

The psychology of acting

chapter 5|12 pages

The psychology in acting

chapter 6|6 pages

The dynamics of acting: skills

chapter 7|19 pages

The dynamics of acting: process

chapter 8|12 pages

The dynamics of acting: style

chapter 12|12 pages

Acting as danger and sacrifice