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Character, Acting and Being on the Pre-modern Stage

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Edward Burns

    1. University of Liverpool, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Edward Burns
    Pages 1-17

  3. Ancient Theories of Character

    • Edward Burns
    Pages 18-38

  4. Rhetorical Character: History and Allegory

    • Edward Burns
    Pages 39-89

  5. Shakespeare: Character as Political Praxis

    • Edward Burns
    Pages 90-119

  6. Acting and Empathy on the Elizabethan Stage

    • Edward Burns
    Pages 120-173

  7. Character and the Passions

    • Edward Burns
    Pages 174-202

  8. Afterword: The Modern ‘Subject’ and Pre-Modern Drama

    • Edward Burns
    Pages 203-231

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 232-238
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An analysis of acting and characterization on stage, covering theories of character from Aristotle to Brecht and approaches from formalism to post structuralism. The Early Theatre Group have, over the last 5 years, used an experimental approach to performing some of the plays written about here.

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  • University of Liverpool, UK

    Edward Burns

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