Cantrell, Thomas Edward orcid.org/0000-0001-7413-1482 and Hogg, Christopher (2016) Returning to an Old Question:What Do Television Actors Do When They Act? Critical Studies in Television. 1. pp. 283-298. ISSN 1749-6020
Abstract
This article argues for acknowledging and exploring actors’ processes in critical considerations of television drama. Theatre Studies boasts a tradition of research privileging the actor, including a century’s worth of actor-training manuals, academic works observing rehearsals and performances, and actor accounts. However, such considerations within Television Studies are relatively nascent. Drawing upon continuing drama as a fertile case study for investigating the specificities of television acting, the article concludes that the only way to understand television acting is through the analysis of insights from actors themselves, in combination with the well-established practices of analysing the textual end-products of television acting.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2016. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | Actor training,Continuing drama,Soap opera,Television acting,Television performance |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 22 Sep 2016 08:24 |
Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2025 00:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1749602016662430 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1749602016662430 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:104732 |
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