Main description:

This book offers the perspective of a program leader, practitioner, and scholar of actor training. It appeals to theatre artists and scholars alike. Students and teachers will also be interested in this firsthand account of training in an age of pandemics and social justice.

The book's examination of training programs through cultural diversity and social justice is ripe for the current moment. It addresses the past and present state of training to envision the field's future.

The book's unique research method offers an ethnographic investigation of training at drama schools in six countries spanning three continents. Over 100 interviews accompany onsite investigations of eighteen of the most distinguished acting programs in the world.

Actor Training in Anglophone Countries is the only book of its kind that studies the history of training from an international perspective.

Contents:

List of Figures, Foreword (By Baron Kelly), Preface, Acknowledgements, Chapter 1 The State of Actor Training Today: An Introduction , Chapter 2 The Paternal Model: Training in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Chapter 3 The Commodified Model: Training in the US and Canada, Chapter 4 The Postcolonial Model: Training in Australia and New Zealand, Chapter 5 Back to the Future: Towards a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Model, Bibliography, Appendix