Performance, Style and Gesture in Western Theatre: A History of Performing Styles and Gesture in Western Theatre

by NicholasDromgoogle (Author)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $49.91

  Tells the story of performance, describing the development, from ancient Greece to contemporary stages and film, of western Europe's variety of acting styles. Using the idea of a culture's shared 'language of gesture', this work explores the growth, evolution and impact these languages have had on our engagement with and understanding of theatre.