Paradoxe sur le comedien - L'Art Sur le Comedien

Paris, France: Editions Nord-Sud, 1949. Trade Paperback. GOOD+. Tight, pages age-tanned at edges, clean interior, light age soil to covers and rough-cut exterior page edges. Sunned spine. Occasional light pencil notes in margins. 190 pages (7.5x 5-5/8"). Includes Erratum sheet. "a dramatic essay by Denis Diderot elucidating a theory of acting in which it is argued that great actors do not experience the emotions they are displaying...consists of a dialogue between two speakers in which the first speaker espouses the views of Diderot on acting, that the great actor is characterized by a complete absence of any feeling; and that the art of the great actor consists of displaying the illusion of feeling.... Occasionally, the character he is playing, as conceptualized by the great actor, transcends the character conceptualized by the author." "L'Art du Comedien: Selections by modern (1949) actors: Marcel Achard, JP Aumont, JL Barrault, Pierre Blanchar, Bernard Blier, Pierre Brasseur, Beatrice Bretty, Jacques Copeau, Claude Dauphin, Charles Dullin, Beatrix Dussane, Edwige Feuillere, Pierre Fresnay, Denis d'Ines, Louis Jouvet, François Perier, Ludmilla Pitoeff, Pierre Renoir, Henri Rollan, Rene Simon, Pierre Valde. Text in FRENCH.