Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597, making us London's oldest higher education institution. This podcast offers our recorded lectures that are free to access from the Gresham College website, or our YouTube channel.
Gresham College Lectures
Actors and acting
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The roots of performance in ritual and shamanism, including extremes of dissociation such as 'possession syndrome'. This lecture will examine the personality and stresses of actors (issues such as exhibitionism, charisma and identity confusion). The two main approaches to actor training (imaginative and technical) will be compared as to their strengths and weaknesses.
This is the second part of the series of lectures, The Psychology of Performance.
This is the second part of the series of lectures, The Psychology of Performance.