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Modern Theories of Performance: From Stanislavsky to Boal.<$f"TimesNewRomanPS-Bold"> By Jane Milling and Graham Ley. New York: Palgrave, 2001; pp. 198. $47.50 hardcover.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2002

Elizabeth C. Stroppel
Elizabeth C. Stroppel
Affiliation:
William Patterson University
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Extract

One of Stanislavsky's most frequently quoted directives to actors is to play the specifics of life and to avoid the enemy of generalities. If this guideline can be applied to the composition of texts, then authors Jane Milling and Graham Ley of the University of Exeter have succeeded in disarming that enemy in print. Their detailed analyses of the writings of an illustrious group of twentieth-century theatrical figures is solidly grounded in sociocultural and artistic specifics and illuminates the theoretical trails blazed by these practitioners.

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Information
Theatre Survey , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , May 2002 , pp. 103 - 105
Copyright
© 2002 The American Society for Theatre Research, Inc.

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