Frankly Acting: An Autobiography of the Frank Suzuki Performance Aesthetics
John NobbsBrisbane: Frank Theatre Press, 2006.
First Edition.
21cm x 14cm. ix, 198 pages, black and white photographs. Illustrated wrappers.
“John Nobbs’ Frankly Acting is the first Australian book espousing a uniquely homegrown theatrical performance theory. As Grotowski did in Poland and Artaud in France, Nobbs has articulated an Australian performance aesthetic which revivifies in a contemporary context the theatrical traditions of its geographic region. With illuminating references to popular culture, his Suzuki-inspired method is based on rigorous theatrical discipline, but with an ever-present and distinctively Australian sense of humour. Frankly Acting grounds its theory in the artistic heritage of the Asia-Pacific, with a theatrical resonance which is universal.” (Martin Buzacott)
. New Book.
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