Milestones in Actor Training
Published on 12. November 2025
264 pages
978-1-040-43556-4 (ISBN)
Description
Milestones in Actor Training focuses on key developments across time in how actors prepare for performance.
Designed for weekly use on actor training and acting courses, the ten chosen milestones cover a wide range, culturally, historically, and geographically; from psychological realist acting in conventional plot-driven drama, through Commedia dell'Arte to the broader church of physical acting that overlaps with devising, mime, circus, contemporary dance, and other body-based genres, including Japanese No theatre. The book's principal concern is the theatre actor in text-based drama, sonic, or movement structures, though the final milestone encompasses acting for film and new media. This volume concentrates mainly on conceptions of acting as emergent or as reformulated in the West, with the majority coming from the late nineteenth century onwards.
Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas.
Designed for weekly use on actor training and acting courses, the ten chosen milestones cover a wide range, culturally, historically, and geographically; from psychological realist acting in conventional plot-driven drama, through Commedia dell'Arte to the broader church of physical acting that overlaps with devising, mime, circus, contemporary dance, and other body-based genres, including Japanese No theatre. The book's principal concern is the theatre actor in text-based drama, sonic, or movement structures, though the final milestone encompasses acting for film and new media. This volume concentrates mainly on conceptions of acting as emergent or as reformulated in the West, with the majority coming from the late nineteenth century onwards.
Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
12 Halftones, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white
File size
8,09 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-43556-4 (9781040435564)
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Paul Allain | Frank Camilleri
Milestones in Actor Training
Book
11/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
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Paul Allain | Frank Camilleri
Milestones in Actor Training
Book
11/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
€206.20
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Persons
Paul Allain is Professor of Theatre and Performance at University of Kent, UK
Frank Camilleri is Professor of Theatre Studies at University of Malta, Malta
Frank Camilleri is Professor of Theatre Studies at University of Malta, Malta
Content
List of Contributors
Introduction
Paul Allain and Frank Camilleri
1 Zeami, No, and Cross-cultural Training Histories
Ashley Thorpe
2 Commedia dell'Arte: Training in the Troupe
Olly Crick
3 Stanislavsky and the Rock
Bella Merlin
4 French Foundations of Physicality
Ellie Nixon
5 Brecht and the 'Street Scene'
David Barnett
6 Grotowski and After: Embracing the Physical
Dominika Laster
7 Voice Training: The Wolfsohn-Hart Approach
Patrick Campbell and Margaret Pikes
8 Women in/and Actor Training
Lisa Peck
9 Intercultural Training: Barba and Bogart
Stephen Atkins
10 Technology and the Emergence of Performance Capture
Boyd Branch
Conclusion
Paul Allain and Frank Camilleri
MAT Timeline
Glossary of Key Terms
Index
Introduction
Paul Allain and Frank Camilleri
1 Zeami, No, and Cross-cultural Training Histories
Ashley Thorpe
2 Commedia dell'Arte: Training in the Troupe
Olly Crick
3 Stanislavsky and the Rock
Bella Merlin
4 French Foundations of Physicality
Ellie Nixon
5 Brecht and the 'Street Scene'
David Barnett
6 Grotowski and After: Embracing the Physical
Dominika Laster
7 Voice Training: The Wolfsohn-Hart Approach
Patrick Campbell and Margaret Pikes
8 Women in/and Actor Training
Lisa Peck
9 Intercultural Training: Barba and Bogart
Stephen Atkins
10 Technology and the Emergence of Performance Capture
Boyd Branch
Conclusion
Paul Allain and Frank Camilleri
MAT Timeline
Glossary of Key Terms
Index
