Actor-Musicianship (Performance Books)
Methuen Drama
ISBN13:
9781472509635
$47.06
Actor-musicianship is a permanent feature of the musical theatre landscape. Actor-musician shows can be seen from Bradford to Broadway, from village halls to international arena tours. However, with the exception of a couple of academic papers, there has been nothing written about this fascinating area of theatre practice. Jeremy Harrison's book addresses this deficit, operating as both a record of the development of the actor-musician movement and as a practical guide for students, educators, performers and practitioners. It explores the history of actor-musicianship, examining its origins, as well as investigating and offering guidance on how this specialist form of music theatre is created. It, in turn, acts as a means of defining an art form that has to date been left to lurk in the shadows of musical theatre; a subset with its own distinctive culture of performer, maker and audience, but as yet no formal recognition as a specialism in its own right. The actor-musician show is multifarious and as such this book targets those interested in mainstream commercial work, as well as alternative and avant-garde theatre practice. The book draws together expertise from a range of disciplines with contributions from many of the leading figures in this field, including performers, directors, teachers, MDs, producers and writers. It also features a foreword by theatre director John Doyle.
- | Author: Jeremy Harrison
- | Publisher: Methuen Drama
- | Publication Date: Feb 25, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 234 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Music
- | ISBN-10: 1472509633
- | ISBN-13: 9781472509635
- Author:
- Jeremy Harrison
- Publisher:
- Methuen Drama
- Publication Date:
- Feb 25, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 234 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Music
- ISBN-10:
- 1472509633
- ISBN-13:
- 9781472509635