Acting Comes of Age

Series: In PLAYS AND PLAYERS

Duration: 33

Year Published: 1957

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Discusses the social position an actor in the romantic theater. Points out the relationship between the theater, the actor, and the birth of the democracy. Explains the origination of the "star" system, the director, the box seat,and the birth of the intimate style of acting. Illustrates realism of the theater in terms of the actor and the method of Stanislavsky with as scene from Under the Gaslight . (WQED) Kinescope.

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)


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