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The Group Theatre, a groundbreaking ensemble collective, started the careers of many top American theatre artists of the twentieth century and founded what became known as Method Acting. This book is the definitive history, based on over thirty years of research and interviews by the foremost theatr...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
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The Group Theatre, a groundbreaking ensemble collective, started the careers of many top American theatre artists of the twentieth century and founded what became known as Method Acting. This book is the definitive history, based on over thirty years of research and interviews by the foremost theatre scholar of the time period, Helen Chinoy. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137294593. |
| Carrier Form: | 304 p. : 6 b&w, ill. |
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9781137294609 : 1137294604 : |
| CLC: | J809.712 |
| Contents: | Introduction: A Cautionary Tale PART I: PEOPLE 1. The Chosen Ones 2. Summertime and the Living is Collective PART II: PERFORMANCE 3. Early Rehearsals 4. Early Classes 5. Lee Strasberg: Artist of the Theater 6. Strasberg versus Adler 7. Testing the Theatrical 8. Harold Clurman: Author of the Stage Production 9. Odets in Clurman's Theater PART III: POLITICS 10. Art That Shoots Bullets 11. Pro Unit is Pro Group 12. Premature Feminists and the Boys 13. Organization, Angels, and Audiences 14. Who is the Group Theater? Epilogue: Survival of an Idea. |