Systems of rehearsal : Stanislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski and Brook / Shomit Mitter.
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TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 1992Description: ix, 179 pISBN: 9780203131695 (ebook)Subject(s): Theater rehearsals | Theater -- Production and direction | Acting | Performing Arts | Acting techniques | Theatre studies | Performing artsGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780415067843Summary: Compares the rehearsal techniques used by Peter Brook at crucial turning points in his career with those developed by Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski, authors of the three principal paradigms in which theatre work is conducted today. The gap between theory and practice in rehearsal is wide. many actors and directors apply theories without fully understanding them, and most accounts of rehearsal techniques fail to put the methods in context. Systems of Rehearsal is the first systematic appraisal of the three principal paradigms in which virtually all theatre work is conducted today - those developed by Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski. The author compares each system ot the work of the contemporary director who, says Mitter, is the Great Imitator of each of them: Peter Brook. The result is the most comprehensive introduction to modern theatre available.
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Compares the rehearsal techniques used by Peter Brook at crucial turning points in his career with those developed by Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski, authors of the three principal paradigms in which theatre work is conducted today. The gap between theory and practice in rehearsal is wide. many actors and directors apply theories without fully understanding them, and most accounts of rehearsal techniques fail to put the methods in context. Systems of Rehearsal is the first systematic appraisal of the three principal paradigms in which virtually all theatre work is conducted today - those developed by Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski. The author compares each system ot the work of the contemporary director who, says Mitter, is the Great Imitator of each of them: Peter Brook. The result is the most comprehensive introduction to modern theatre available.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780415067843
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