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La tecnica del actor espanol en el Barroco. Hipotesis y documentos.
By Evangelina Rodriguez Cuadros. Madrid: Castalia, 1998. 701 pages.
This tome represents the culmination of nearly twenty years of research, study and reflection by the author in her quest to understand and convey the manner in which the Baroque Spanish actor was able to elaborate the techniques necessary to express "la otra mitad" of the dramatic text. It is exactly what it preports to be: a discussion of the development of the actors' profession based on an incredible wealth of sources meticulously analyzed and synthesized by the author. The theoretical approaches include, but are not limited to, etymologic, semiotic, and phonological readings of...