Milestones in Actor Training

Milestones in Actor Training focuses on key developments across time in how actors prepare for performance. 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.

List of contents

List of Contributors
Introduction
Paul Allain and Frank Camilleri
Chapter 1. Zeami, N¿, and Cross-cultural Training Histories
Ashley Thorpe
Chapter 2. Commedia dell'Arte: Training in the Troupe
Olly Crick
Chapter 3.
Bella Merlin
Chapter 4.
Ellie Nixon
Chapter 5.
David Barnett
Chapter 6.
Dominika Laster
Chapter 7.
Patrick Campbell and Margaret Pikes
Chapter 8.
Lisa Peck
Chapter 9.
Stephen Atkins
Chapter 10. Technology and the Emergence of Performance Capture
Boyd Branch
Conclusion
Paul Allain and Frank Camilleri
Timelines
Glossary
Index

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Paul (University of Kent Allain
• Assisted by: Allain Paul (Editor), Camilleri Frank (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 05.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032632353
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263235-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Milestones
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Performance Art, Acting techniques, Acting;Theatre;Theatre History