Gordon Peffer wrote: >I'm trying to find some material on TV acting styles. The sources I've >looked at so far, Berg & Wenner, Allen, Newcombe, Ellis, have little >or nothing on acting at all. The only thing I've seen is the section >in this list moderator's text, _Building Narrative: Character, Actor, >Star_. Have I missed something? Why is there such a paucity of >material on TV acting? lthough there is stuff on the star system While I'm not sure this is what you're looking for, I have used _Film and Television Acting_ by Ian Bernard (Boston: Focal Press, 1993) in an Acting for Television seminar I co-taught last semester, which may be useful. Chad Dell Department of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison [log in to unmask]