Psychophysical Acting (awarded ATHE Outstanding Book of the Year 2010) is a direct and vital address to the demands of contemporary theatre on today’s actor. Drawing on over thirty years of intercultural experience, Phillip Zarrilli aims to equip actors with practical and conceptual tools with which to approach their work...
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Book cover image: Willem Dafoe in the Wooster Group's LSD (...Just the High Points...). Photograph: Nancy Campbell.
Acting (Re)Considered: A theoretical and practical guide (1995, 2002)
Acting (Re)Considered is an exceptionally wide-ranging collection of theories on acting, ideas about body and training, and statements about the actor in performance. This second edition includes five new essays and has been fully revised and updated, with discussions by or about major figures who have shaped theories and practices of acting and performance from the late nineteenth century to the present.
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Asian Martial Arts in Actor Training (1993)
"The essays collected in this paean to the value of Asian martial arts training for the Western actor are so convincing that the next generation of acting teachers should read them immediately." (Diane Daugherty, Asian Theatre Journal)
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The Kathakali Complex: Actor, Performance, Structure (1984)
A comprehensive introduction to kathakali dance-drama.
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