| #3201832 in Books | 2016-12-05 | Original language:English | 9.39 x.78 x6.21l,.0 | File type: PDF | 196 pages|||In 1615, John Webster famously observed of 'the excellent actor' that 'whatsoever is commendable to the grave orator is most exquisitely perfect in him.' In this thoroughly persuasive book, Travis Curtright demonstrates that playwrights, like excel
In Shakespeare’s Dramatic Persons, Travis Curtright examines the influence of the classical rhetorical tradition on early modern theories of acting in a careful study of and selection from Shakespeare’s most famous characters and successful plays. Curtright demonstrates that “personation”—the early modern term for playing a role—is a rhetorical acting style that could pro...
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