Publisher's Synopsis
the actor's craft drawing extensively on extracts from key texts, many
of which are unavailable for the student today. Beginning with the
classical conceptions of acting as rhetoric and oratory, as exemplified
in the writing of Aristotle, Cicero and others, it progresses to
examine the art of the actor in Shakespeare's time right through to the
modern day. Along the way, Benedetti considers the contribution and
theories of key figures such as Diderot, Stanislavski, Meyerhold,
Brecht, Artaud and Grotowski, providing a clear and concise explanation
of their work illustrated by accesible summaries of their writings.