Have you looked at James Naremore's 'Acting in the Cinema' which is part history, part theory. Also, there is a book called 'Eloquent Gestures' about the transformation of acting style in D.W. Griffith's Biograph films. Hope this helps. Michelle Langford > Can anybody recommend a book on the history of acting? > After reading a bunch of material on Welles lately I > wanted to follow up his references to older styles and > approaches but can't find anything. All the books in > our library are either how-to, specific topics or > acting theory (and not even a history of acting > theories). Even if this is part of a general history > of theatrical performance that would work but even the > closest to that I found were textbooks that looked > pretty tedious. > > > Thanks, Lang > > > > ----------------------------- > Violinist Bauer-Lechner on Mahler: > "The first thing he composed on paper at the > age of six was a polka, to which he added a > funeral march as an introduction." > > The Funhouse Journal > http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/blog/journal.htm > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]