Declan Donnellan

A revised and updated edition of Declan Donnellans bestselling book, a fresh and radical approach to acting by a world-famous director.Cuts open every generalisation about acting and draws out gleamingly fresh specifics Peter BrookExplains Donnellans highly practical system and sheds unique light on one of the greatest directors of acting in our timeLe MondeHugely practical and never gets lost in theoryEl PaisA gripping read, as acute about the psychology of lying as it is about the art of actingGuardianRooted in modern theatre, modern psychology and, above all, modern realityIzvestiaUnpretentious, straightforward, and pierced with acute insightKommersant

La trayectoria del director británico Declan Donnellan está atravesada por Shakespeare, ha llevado a escena quince de sus obras. Este libro reúne las conversaciones que Arantxa Vela Buendía ha mantenido con el, en las que indaga en el teatro del dramaturgo y en la clave de su contemporaneidad. Interesante para los que hayan visto sus obras, como para los que quieran profundizar en Shakespeare.

El director de teatro británico Declan Donnellan ha llevado a escena quince obras de Shakespeare. ¿Por qué es el dramaturgo que más le ha interesado Este libro reúne casi diez años de entrevistas que la periodista Arantxa Vela Buendia le ha realizado en las que responde a esa y otras cuestiones que un director de teatro se hace a la hora de montarlo: ¿Deseaba Hamlet vengarse realmente ¿Que puede llevar a Julieta a desafiar a su familia o la importancia del perdon de Prospero al final de La Tempestad. Un libro que indaga en los misterios de la obra de Shakespeare y en la clave de su contemporaneidad.

There is no acting, only reacting to the space.In his bestselling book The Actor and the Target, Declan Donnellan laid out a fresh and radical approach to acting that has inspired actors around the world.Now, in The Actor and the Space, he develops and extends those ideas, exploring that most profound source of vitality in life as well as performance: the space around us.Tackling fundamental questions that face any actor What makes performance better? How do I create a space for my character to live in? How do I tap into that space, and draw energy from it? Donnellan offers a universal set of keys to unlock the mysteries of performance.Full of insightful precepts, acute psychology and practical, hands-on advice, the book presents a bold new way of thinking about acting, illustrated throughout with line-by-line analysis of scenes from Macbeth to show how it works in rehearsal and performance.Essential reading for any actor or theatre director, The Actor and the Space is also a fascinating distillation of the work of a world-leading director that will reward and enrich anyone with an interest in theatre.A hand grenade of a book. It contains all the humility and chutzpah you need to work in the theatre. Cate BlanchettA wonderful book. Few directors think as deeply or perceptively about the art of acting as Declan Donnellan. This is an essential text for the actor, supremely useful, practical, elegant and profound. Matthew MacfadyenBeautifully clear. This generous vision takes a very complex art form and makes it all seem so simple. The whole book is a key. Unlocking the problems actors face as they try to accept another reality long enough to let the audience get a glimpse of the best our art can offer a glimpse into themselves. Adrian Lester Declan Donnellans profound insight and point of departure is that great theatre, like a childs sandcastle, inhabits a vulnerable and ever-changing space between the safe and the dangerous. There is a whole lot of wisdom in this book about tragedy, human psychology, words, dread and about how great acting really works conveyed with remarkable clarity and simplicity. Its worth sharing with non-actor friends for its insights into Macbeth alone. Most of all, its a distillation of hard-won lessons learned from decades of immersion in the mysteries of theatre by one of the great directors of our day. James Shapiro, Shakespeare scholar and author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare

El actor y la diana se publicó originalmente en Rusia, en el año 2000, y algo más tarde, en 2002, conoció su primera edición inglesa. Desde entonces este libro, fruto de la experiencia de Declan Donnellan como director y profesor de actores, se ha convertido en un texto imprescindible para profesionales y estudiantes de interpretacion.La propuesta de Donnellan es simple pero contundente: es la generalizacion, la falta de una diana precisa, lo que conduce al actor al bloqueo. A traves de una serie de reflexiones, ejemplos y ejercicios de gran amenidad y concision, el autor nos enseña a vencer al bloqueo para conseguir una actuacion fluida y libre.

Texto imprescindible para todo el que quiera dedicarse al teatro; un soberbio manual para actores." Marcos Ordóñez, El País "Una lectura apasionante, tan perspicaz sobre la psicología del mentir como