Method Acting Reconsidered: Theory, Practice, Future

Method Acting is one of the most popular and controversial approaches to acting in the United States. It has not only shaped important schools of acting, but has been a fundamental constant of all American acting. This insightful volume explores Method Acting from a broad perspective, focusing on a point of equilibrium between the principles of the Method and its relationship to other theories of performance. David Krasner has gathered together some of the most well-known theater scholars and acting teachers to look at the Method. By concentrating on three areas of the Method - its theory, practice, and future application - the collection will serve to inform and teach us how to approach acting and acting theory in the 21st century.

Author: Na Na
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/01/2000
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.56w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780312223090

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2001 pg. 1280

About the Author
David Krasner is Director of Undergraduate Theater Studies at Yale University. His previous book, "Resistance, Parody, and Double Coinsciousness in African American Theater, 1895-1910" received the 1998 Errol Hill Award from the American Society for Theater Research.