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Actor Adrift an

Actor Adrift an

Paperback

Series: Performance Books

Acting & AuditioningGeneral Drama

ISBN10: 0413658406
ISBN13: 9780413658401
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Mar 15 2011
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.50 Width: 4.97 Depth: 7.77
Language: English

An Actor Adrift is the remarkable account of Japanese actor director Yoshi Oida, who in 1968 left Japan and joined Peter Brook's international theatre company in Paris. Since then he has become a leading member and trainer in the company.

In this book, part personal story and part a workbook for actors and directors wishing to understand and employ Peter Brook's techniques, Oida describes the formation and early training of Brook's company and provides an account of the first decade of work.

It provides a fascinating account of the company's first public performance - The Conference of the Birds in Iran, of the extraordinary explorative journey that followed through Africa, of work in America and of the return to work in France. While he relates productions of The Ik, The Conference of the Birds, The Mahabharata, Orghast and Timon of Athens, he interweaves his vivid personal experience as an actor in whom Estern and Western culture and practices come together.

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