Despite being roundly cited as much harder to perform than its dramatic counterpart, comic acting is traditionally seen as a performance genre that can't be taught. At best it is often described as a skill that can only be learned 'on the job' through years of practice, or given to a performer through natural talent. Acting Comedy is an effort to examine this idea more rigorously by looking at different aspects of the comic actor's craft.
Despite being roundly cited as much harder to perform than its dramatic counterpart, comic acting is traditionally seen as a performance genre that can't be taught. At best it is often described as a skill that can only be learned 'on the job' through years of practice, or given to a performer through natural talent. Acting Comedy is an effort to examine this idea more rigorously by looking at different aspects of the comic actor's craft.
Christopher Olsen began as an actor in the Off-Off Broadway theatre scene in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s and later received his PhD in Theatre History and Criticism from the University of Maryland. He continues to work as a Drama professor at the University of Puerto Rico.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Acting Comedy 1. 'Through Wall's Chink'. Or, Audience Interplay in Comic Acting Ian Wilkie 2. Straight Line/Wavy Line Steve Kaplan 3. Using Punctuation to Facilitate Comedy in the plays of George Bernard Shaw and Beyond Candice Brown 4. Comedy Through Commedia Judith Chaffee 5. Physicalizing Farce Davis Rider Robinson 6. Comic Gesture Using "Viewpoints" Christopher Olsen 7. Playing with language: wit and wordplay Merry Conway 8. Comedy Structure and Acting Choices Greg Dean 9. 'The Secret of Great Comedy Scott Meltzer 10. Unexpected: 5 ¿ Rules to Better Improvisation Shad Willingham
Introduction Acting Comedy 1. 'Through Wall's Chink'. Or, Audience Interplay in Comic Acting Ian Wilkie 2. Straight Line/Wavy Line Steve Kaplan 3. Using Punctuation to Facilitate Comedy in the plays of George Bernard Shaw and Beyond Candice Brown 4. Comedy Through Commedia Judith Chaffee 5. Physicalizing Farce Davis Rider Robinson 6. Comic Gesture Using "Viewpoints" Christopher Olsen 7. Playing with language: wit and wordplay Merry Conway 8. Comedy Structure and Acting Choices Greg Dean 9. 'The Secret of Great Comedy Scott Meltzer 10. Unexpected: 5 ¿ Rules to Better Improvisation Shad Willingham
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