Comedy Acting for Theatre
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Comedy Acting for Theatre

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Comedy Acting for Theatre

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About This Book

Analysing why we laugh and what we laugh at, and describing how performers can elicit this response from their audience, this book enables actors to create memorable – and hilarious – performances.
Rooted in performance and performance criticism, Sidney Homan and Brian Rhinehart provide a detailed explanation of how comedy works, along with advice on how to communicate comedy from the point of view of both the performer and the audience. Combining theory and performance, the authors analyse a variety of plays, both modern and classic. Playwrights featured include Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Christopher Durang, and Michael Frayn. Acting in Shakespeare's comedies is also covered in depth.

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Publisher
Methuen Drama
Year
2018
ISBN
9781350012752
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Drama
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Permission Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Why We Laugh
  10. 2 Improv and Comedy
  11. 3 Basic Rules for the Comic Actor
  12. 4 Elements of the Comic Character
  13. 5 Psychological and Performance Issues in Playing Comedy
  14. 6 Playing the Whole Comedy
  15. 7 Options in Playing Shakespeare’s Comedy
  16. 8 The Actor and Four Forms of Comedy
  17. Coda: The Audience
  18. Index