The Art of the Actor: The Essential History of Acting from Classical Times to the Present Day

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Classical Rhetoric 2. Shakespeare and His Contemporaries 3. Declamation 4. Acting 5. Diderot 6. Coquelin 7. Realism 8. Stanislavski and the 'System' 9. Michael Chekhov 10. The New Actor in France 11. Meyerhold 12. Brecht 13. The 'Ritual' Actor Conclusion Select Bibliography Index