Fangs of malice :hypocrisy, sincerity, and acting
- 作者: Wikander, Matthew H.,
- 出版: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press ©2002.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xxii, 238 pages).
- 叢書名: Studies in theatre history and culture
- 標題: PERFORMING ARTS Theater -- History & Criticism. , PERFORMING ARTS , Acting Psychological aspects , Acting Psychological aspects. , TheaterHistory & Criticism. , PERFORMING ARTS Acting & Auditioning. , Acting & Auditioning. , Theater and society , Acting , Electronic books. , Social life and customs. , Actors Social life and customs. , Psychological aspects , Actors , Theater and society. , Psychological aspects.
- ISBN: 1587294176 , 9781587294174
- ISBN: 087745809X , 9780877458098
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index. Prologue. The Actor as Hypocrite -- Act One. They Dress Up -- Scene One. As Secret as Maidenhead -- Scene Two. Putting on the Cloth -- Scene Three. Humanizing the Fop -- Act Two. They Lie -- Scene One. Rousseau and the Cult of Sincerity -- Scene Two. Playing Joseph Surface -- Scene Three. Ibsen's Small Stage of Fools -- Scene Four. Princely Hypocrite -- Act Three. They Drink -- Scene One. The Tavern -- Scene Two. Liberty Hall -- Scene Three. Harry Hope's Saloon -- Scene Four. Contested Sites -- Epilogue.
- 摘要: The idea that actors are hypocrites and fakes and therefore dangerous to society was widespread in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Fangs of Malice examines the equation between the vice of hypocrisy and the craft of acting as it appears in antitheatrical tracts, in popular and high culture, and especially in plays of the period. Rousseau and others argue that actors, expert at seeming other than they are, pose a threat to society; yet dissembling seems also to be an inevitable consequence of human social intercourse.
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The idea that actors are hypocrites and fakes and therefore dangerous to society was widespread in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Fangs of Malice examines the equation between the vice of hypocrisy and the craft of acting as it appears in antitheatrical tracts, in popular and high culture, and especially in plays of the period. Rousseau and others argue that actors, expert at seeming other than they are, pose a threat to society; yet dissembling seems also to be an inevitable consequence of human social intercourse. The “antitheatrical prejudice” offers a unique perspective on the high value that modern western culture places on sincerity, on being true to one's own self. Taking a cue from the antitheatrical critics themselves, Matthew Wikander structures his book in acts and scenes, each based on a particular slander against actors. A prologue introduces his main issues. Act One deals with the proposition “They Dress Up”: foppish slavery to fashion, cross-dressing, and dressing as clergy. Act Two treats the proposition “They Lie” by focusing on social dissembling and the phenomenon of the self-deceiving hypocrite and the public, princely hypocrite. Act Three, “They Drink,” examines a wide range of antisocial behavior ascribed to actors, such as drinking, gambling, and whoring. An epilogue ties the ancient ideas of possession and the panic that actors inspire to contemporary anxieties about representation not only in theatre but also in the visual and literary arts. Fangs of Malice will be of great interest to scholars and students of drama as well as to theatre professionals and buffs.
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