Sarah Bernhardt, possibly the greatest actress of the late nineteenth century, was a symbol of French Romantic theatre at its height and of the melodramatic excesses that led to its demise. The theatre of Bernhardt's time was changing rapidly, and Salmon depicts this change as it was reflected in her roles, temperament, and approach to acting. This book reexamines Sarah Bernhardt, not solely as an individual, but in comparison with other contemporary thespians and their styles and approaches to theatrical performance. The romantic vision of Bernhardt and her contemporaries in time produced the emotionalism, vulgarity, sensationalism, and empty spectacle that typified Romanticism in decline, and pushed it into the deeper channels of fin-de-siecle naturalism. This study explores the complex relationship between art and craft, between art and its creator, between celebrity or notoriety and real achievement, and between Romantic Theatre a la Bernhardt and other theatrical expressions of Romanticism.

Bernhardt and the Theatre of Her Time (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies)

Salmon, Eric

Humor & Entertainment

Praeger

Eric Salmon contends that modern theatre is artistically endangered. This book is his evaluation of the present state of English-speaking theatre and an examination, through examples of twentieth-century plays, both good and bad, of the reasons for it. Salmon's method is critical-argumentative. He is as much concerned with staging methods and playing as with the plays themselves, though he regards the playwright as the primary artist in the theatre and the actor as an interpretor.

Is the Theatre Still Dying? (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Harley Granville Barker was, in his day, the most famous and respected director in the British theater and his reputation as an actor and playwright stood almost as high. The author examines the three strands in Barker's career and demonstrates that Barker's writing and his practical theater work were--and still are--of great importance and that there is an intrinsic and intricate relationship among them.

Granville Barker, a secret life

Heinemann Educational Books

Granville Barker: A Secret Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Associated Univ Pr

The Enneagram shows us nine key drivers (types) that energise us, which Eric Salmon explained in his first book "The ABC of the Enneagram". Now in this follow-on book Eric explores the three subdivisions of each type - otherwise known as "subtypes". The subtypes show us the most visible part of our type; they help us to become aware of our everyday automatic behaviours. As such, they are the crucial key to helping us get back into contact with our true self, so we can free ourselves from our unconscious habits and more readily accept other peoples. This specialist book on Enneagram Subtypes outlines a new approach to Enneagram studies, which can help your personal development and your professional and personal relationships to flourish. It will help you to operate in the world in a more free and focused way.

Subtypes: The Key to the Enneagram

Self-Help

Happiness

Leaping Boy Publications

The ABC of the Enneagram: Identifying the Different Forces That Energise Us

Motivational

Institute for Outdoor Learning

La Clé de l'Ennéagramme : les Sous-types - 3e éd. - Prendre conscience de ses automatismes: Prendre conscience de ses automatismes

Health, Fitness & Dieting

INTEREDITIONS

L'Ennéagramme - Ressources humaines - Métiers d'accompagnement - Développement personnel - ABC

Grancher

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