Inaug.-Diss.--Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, 1970. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-381).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Junto con la primera Facultad de Artes Escénicas (FARES) del Perú, situada en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), se avista una primera propuesta de carácter universitario sobre cómo debería formarse a un actor o actriz. La base de esta propuesta es el Sistema Stanislavsky de actuación junto con otros cursos prácticos complementarios. Sin embargo, con la primera promoción de alumnos a puertas de su graduación, a través de observación sobre cómo se vienen concatenando las materias y propuestas curriculares en la práctica: se puede visibilizar algunos de los principales problemas en su planteamiento actual. Se centran, en cómo es que los cursos complementarios (música, entrenamiento corporal, entrenamiento vocal, etc.) están siendo comprendidos, aprendidos y aprehendidos por los alumnos. Frente a esta cuestión se formulará un diagnóstico sobre la actual propuesta y se propondrá una posible solución: un espacio de integración de dichos contenidos para los alumnos. Debido a que la facultad propone que durante los primeros dos años se enseña la base de su formación actoral, y con miras hacia una investigación concisa y puntual, esta se centrará en esos primeros dos años. / Tesis

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2005. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 198-203). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Noises Off is the epitome of farce. Doors everywhere, mistaken identities, and unrequited love. The characters push themselves to the limit, both mentally and physically. They stop at nothing to put on their production and their stage manager, Timothy Allgood, becomes the babysitter of the group, which at times becomes comparable to herding cats. This document describes the journey made from casting to final bows. It contains biographical research on the playwright, Michael Frayn, as well as a historical look at the genre of farce, techniques pioneered by Sanford Meisner and Konstantin Stanislavski, along with materials, including a scored script, character analysis, personal evaluation, and rehearsal reflections.

Playwriting theory has, from its beginning, been concerned with the search for the essential nature of dramatic writing. Early playwriting treatises (poetics) defined the essential aspects of drama as being the plot (creation of sequences of fictional events), the moral character of its heroes, the idea of enactment, or the rhetorical and lyrical qualities of the text. These categories were kept through later treatises with different emphasis being put on each category. An understanding of drama as a sequence of fictional events (plot) has been central in acting theory. Modern theories and techniques centred on Stanislavsky’s ideas rely heavily on rehearsal methods that carefully establish the sequence of actions of the characters in a play as a result of psychological motivations. This method was described by Stanislavsky in An Actor’s Work on a Role, published in 1938, and is known as the Method of Physical Actions. This thesis reassesses the definition of playwriting as consisting essentially in the creation of a plot populated by suitable characters. Rather than discussing playwriting theory in isolation it attempts a bridge between acting theory and playwriting theory by using the Method of Physical Actions as an equivalent to plot. Acting theory is thus considered as a theoretical justification for the centrality of plot. The method used is hermeneutic — a systematic interpretation of poetics, unveiling in almost an archaeological manner the relevance of the essential definitions of drama, such as character, source, genre, and language to the concept of plot. The chronological path of development of dramatic theories is shown to be gradual: from the strict obedience to the narrative line imposed by the mythic sources, in classical treatises; through to an interest in the lyrical expression of the predicament of specific characters, in neoclassical theory; to an awareness of specific social types in the eighteenth century; and, finally, to the conception of the plot as a product of the mental life of individual characters in modern theory.

La presente investigación plantea la complementariedad de la Técnica Meisner con el Sistema Stanislavski que es utilizado, de manera estructural, en la formación de los alumnos de la Especialidad de Teatro de la Facultad de Artes Escénicas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Una obra teatral exige verosimilitud en distintos elementos escénicos, pero, principalmente, en el actor. La verosimilitud es visible en el actor a través de su espontaneidad, la cual puede ser dividida en acción física e improvisación. Creemos que el sistema Stanislavski desarrolla de manera sucinta el elemento de la acción física y la técnica Meisner, la improvisación. Esta complementariedad radica en la suma de la estructura actoral basada en una acción clara y precisa (Stanislavski) con, la flexibilidad de esta estructura desde la mirada al otro (Meisner), logrando una conexión real, lo que te lleva al aquí y ahora. Con esta conjunción, se logrará mayor espontaneidad y verosimilitud en el trabajo actoral de los alumnos, brindándoles mayor confianza en su desenvolvimiento actoral. Para indagar acerca de este fenómeno, buscamos propiciar un espacio donde podamos analizar el comportamiento de la espontaneidad en el actor. Con esta meta, elaboramos un laboratorio teatral donde sea observable la interacción del Sistema Stanislavski con la aproximación a la Técnica Meisner. Por lo expuesto anteriormente, buscamos responder la siguiente pregunta: ¿De qué manera se complementan las bases del sistema Stanislavski, en la formación de actores en la facultad de Artes Escénicas de la PUCP, con la aproximación a la técnica Meisner? Los resultados de la presente investigación son un aporte importante para tres áreas específicas de acción de nuestro quehacer: la interpretación actoral, la pedagogía teatral y finalmente, la teoría teatral; y de esta manera, seguir construyendo conocimiento para mejorar la calidad de los profesionales teatrales de nuestro país. / Tesis

Bodydialogue is a coherent and simple system of exercises, rehearsal techniques, principles and aesthetic values which in application enhance the actor's ability to physicalise dramatic action and behaviour. It can be applied directly within a rehearsal process to heighten the physical life of a play or performance event, or it can be taught separately as a system for providing student actors with concrete skills in movement, stagecraft and physical characterisation. Unlike many other movement systems taught in drama schools, such as Mime, Dance, Acrobatics or Alexander, which are grounded in their own discipline base, Bodydialogue is grounded in Stanislavsky's Acting through the Method of Physical Action, and as such is centered in the discipline of text-based Acting. It is thus first and foremost an approach to Acting via Physical Action and Physical Behaviour, rather than a study of Movement, or a movement genre. This thesis describes the development and application of Bodydialogue physicalisation techniques to a workshop production of miss julie downunder - an adaptation of Strindberg's Miss Julie - and situates the place of these techniques within contemporary Acting discourse.

Dans un théâtre subventionné en crise, l’acteur français se pense aujourd’hui comme un hyper-citoyen, lui qui fut si longtemps privé de citoyenneté. Tout l’enjeu contemporain de la parole de l’acteur s’incarne dans la quête, nostalgique et militante à la fois, de l’éthos et de la transcendance perdus dans le statut d’infâme. En rejaillissant sur l’existence de l’acteur, l’infamie a cristallisé des affects tenaces, passés dans l’inconscient collectif, modelant l’hexis des comédiens, influençant les pratiques scéniques. Elle a contribué à consolider certaines particularités françaises en matière de pédagogie du jeu, comme la défiance vis-à-vis de la méthode stanislavskienne et du monologue. A cet égard, la comparaison avec l’école de jeu anglaise est instructive. C’est au moment de la laïcisation de l’État, il y a cent ans, qu’un nouveau théâtre fait des choix éthiques et esthétiques encore largement opératoires aujourd’hui, et achève la conversion de l’acteur : d’ancien damné, il deviendra sauveur, missionné par l’État auprès d’une nation-public. Contrairement aux apparences, la mise en infamie de l’acteur a toujours cours. Avec la sécularisation de la société française, elle a quitté le champ métaphysique, pour investir le champ méta-économique. Elle prend sa source dans le rapport statutaire de l’acteur à l’État et impose son coût historique. Un véritable "Complexe d’infamie" de l’acteur est en effet à l’œuvre sur les scènes françaises, assorti d’un tabou de l’intériorité et d’un interdit d’adresse directe au public, agissant comme un grand Sur-moi actoral. Infâme parmi les infâmes, l’acteur alter-ethnique est un cas redoublé du "Complexe d’infamie". L’acteur français noir, en particulier, est un révélateur des contradictions affectant "visiblement" la condition esthétique du comédien et la citoyenneté républicaine. Dans le contexte du quadruplement du nombre des acteurs en France depuis 1980, ce "Complexe d’infamie" éclaire la nature de l’indécision de la pédagogie dramatique. Il gagnerait à être sublimé ou subverti avant toute tentative de refondation pédagogique. / At a time when subsidised theater is in crisis, the French actor, after being considered a second-rate citizen for such a long time, thinks of himself today as a super-citizen. The contemporary challenge of speech ("parole") of the actor is embodied in the quest, both nostalgic and militant, for ethos and transcendence, lost in the state of infamy. Rebounding on the existence of the actor, infamy has crystallised stubborn affects, slipped into the collective unconsciousness, shaping the hexis of actors and influencing stage practices. It has helped to consolidate French peculiarities in acting pedagogy, such as mistrust of the Stanislavski method and the monologue. In this respect, comparison with the English school of acting is informative. A hundred years ago, at the time of the secularisation of the State, a new theater made ethical and aesthetic choices, which are still largely operative today, and completed the conversion of the actor: formerly a damned soul, he has become a savior, sent by the State before a national audience. Contrary to appearances, the situation of infamy still exists. It is just that, with the secularisation of French society, the meta-economic field replaced the metaphysical one. Its roots can be found in the statutory relationship between the actor and the State and imposes its historical cost. A "Complex of infamy" for the actor is indeed present on the French stage, together with a taboo on interiority and a prohibition against directly addressing the public, representing a big actorly Super-ego. Infamous among the infamous, the alter-ethnic actor suffers from a doubled "Complex of infamy". The black French actor, in particular, is a mirror of the contradictions "visibly" affecting the aesthetic condition of the actor and republican citizenship. Given the context where the number of actors in France has quadrupled since 1980, this "Complex of infamy" points out the indecisive nature of teaching drama. It needs to be sublimated or subverted before ever attempting any educational reform.