Actor Training expands on Alison Hodges highly-acclaimed & best-selling Twentieth Century Actor Training. This exciting second edition radically updates the original book making it even more valuable for any student of the history & practice of actor training. The bibliography is brought right up to date & many chapters are revised. In addition eight more practitioners are included
- & forty more photographs
- to create a stunningly comprehensive study. The practitioners included are: Stella Adler; Eugenio Barba; Augusto Boal; Anne Bogart; Bertolt Brecht; Peter Brook; Michael Chekhov; Joseph Chaikin; Jacques Copeau; Philippe Gaulier; Jerzy Grotowski; Maria Knebel; Jacques Lecoq; Joan Littlewood; Sanford Meisner; Vsevolod Meyerhold; Ariane Mnouchkine; Monika Pagneux; Michel Saint-Denis; Wlodzimierz Staniewski; Konstantin Stanislavsky; Lee Strasberg The historical cultural & political context of each practitioners work is clearly set out by leading experts & accompanied by an incisive & enlightening analysis of the main principles of their training practical exercises & key productions. This book is an invaluable introduction to the principles & practice of actor training & its role in shaping modern theatre.