Stanislavski and The Theatre of The Absurd.
This paper is based on a lecture/workshop I gave at the S-Word Symposium, held at the University of Malta in April 2019. The original lecture comprised of a PowerPoint presentation, outlining some of the most common problems faced by my BA Hons Acting and Actor Musician students at Rose Bruford Coll...
| Publicado en: | Stanislavski Studies Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 247 - 265 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2020
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