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Book SynopsisJohn Matthews is Programme Leader of BA (Hons) Acting at Theatre Royal Plymouth. He has written two books published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama:
Training for Performance (2011) and
Anatomy of Performance Training (2014).
Trade ReviewExtending his
Training for Performance (2011), the author unpacks his thesis that the act of training is a human endeavor that everyone does because everyone is limited by “having a body.” The stories frame ethnographical, political, social, and psychological constructs to unlock aspects of the performer’s anatomy … the book is an intriguing contribution to performance studies. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals. -- J. Artman, Chapman University * CHOICE *
Matthews offers an insightful, engaging, and imaginative read that urgently questions the place of training, and its attendant implications and values, in the twenty-first-century theatremaking context. -- Julie Rada, University of Utah, USA * Theatre Topics *
Table of ContentsAnatomy Hand Foot Mouth Ear Heart A Body of Work
