Background
Hornby, Richard was born on October 25, 1938 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Herbert and Roma Elizabeth (Berry) Hornby.
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Mad About Theatre (The Applause Critics Circle)
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Mad About Theatre is a systematic analysis of the major issues confronting our theatre today: The Decline of Broadway; The Generally Poor Quality of American Stage Acting; The Pretentiousness of our Avant-Garde; The Narrowness of our Playwriting; Broadway In Search of a Musical Fix; Subsidized British Theatre in the Age of Thatcher and Beyond; The Inflated Directing of the Classics; The Growing Vitality of our Regional Theatres (in Playwriting as well as Acting and Directing); The Innovative Use of the Theatre by Minority Groups. Mad About Theatre is not only a major contribution to contemporary theatre criticism, but a call to account for a culture in danger of losing its way. Taken together, these reviews from The Hudson Review , weave a powerful indictment against the status quo, while offering a constructive blueprint for the future.
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Script into Performance: A Structuralist Approach by Richard Hornby (29-Nov-1996) Paperback
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(Mad About Theatre) Author: Richard Hornby published on (February, 2000)
((Applause Books). Mad About Theatre is a systematic analy...)
(Applause Books). Mad About Theatre is a systematic analysis of the major issues confronting our theatre today: The Decline of Broadway; The Generally Poor Quality of American Stage Acting; The Pretentiousness of our Avant-Garde; The Narrowness of our Playwriting; Broadway In Search of a Musical Fix; Subsidized British Theatre in the Age of Thatcher and Beyond; The Inflated Directing of the Classics; The Growing Vitality of our Regional Theatres (in Playwriting as well as Acting and Directing); The Innovative Use of the Theatre by Minority Groups. Mad About Theatre is not only a major contribution to contemporary theatre criticism, but a call to account for a culture in danger of losing its way. Taken together, these reviews from The Hudson Review, weave a powerful indictment against the status quo, while offering a constructive blueprint for the future.
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Script into Performance: A Structuralist Approach
("An analysis of script interpretation for the theater. Th...)
"An analysis of script interpretation for the theater. The text includes theories on performance as well as examples from the works of Shelley, Ibsen and Pinter. In his new preface, Hornby laments the modernization of classic plays which he believes subverts the original text." Library Journal
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The End of Acting: A Radical View (Applause Books) by Hornby, Richard (2000) Paperback
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Script into Performance: A Structuralist Approach Paperback - February 1, 2000
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(The End of Acting: A Radical View ) Author: Richard Hornby May-2000
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The End of Acting: A Radical View (Applause Books)
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From Richard Hornby's preface: This book is written for those who act, those who teach acting, and those who are interested in seeing it. It is both a theoretical work and a call for action. This book is an unashamed attack on the American acting establishment . . . The concepts derive from my graduate seminars in acting theory and history in the School of Theatre at Florida State University . . . Much of the feistiness of those classes carries over into this book . . . If my arguments serve only to stimulate new dialogue, they will have been valuable.
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Richard Hornby
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962; Master of Arts, Tulane University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Tulane University, 1966.
Career
Assistant professor, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1966-1970; assistant professor, U. B.C., Vancouver, Canada, 1970-1971; associate professor, U. Calgary, Alberta., Canada, 1971-1980; professor theatre, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1980-1991; theatre critic, The Hudson Review, New York City, since 1986; professor theatre, University of California, Riverside, since 1991.
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Mad About Theatre (The Applause Critics Circle)
(Mad About Theatre is a systematic analysis of the major i...)
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The End of Acting: A Radical View (Applause Books)
(From Richard Hornby's preface: This book is written for t...)
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Script into Performance: A Structuralist Approach
("An analysis of script interpretation for the theater. Th...)
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(Mad About Theatre) Author: Richard Hornby published on (February, 2000)
((Applause Books). Mad About Theatre is a systematic analy...)
- Script into Performance: A Structuralist Approach by Richard Hornby (29-Nov-1996) Paperback
- The End of Acting: A Radical View (Applause Books) by Hornby, Richard (2000) Paperback
- Script into Performance: A Structuralist Approach Paperback - February 1, 2000
- (The End of Acting: A Radical View ) Author: Richard Hornby May-2000
- Mad About Theatre (The Applause Critics Circle) by Hornby, Richard (2000) Paperback
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Mad About Theatre (The Applause Critics Circle)
Membership
Member Ibsen Society of America, Association Theatre in Higher Education, Actor's Equity Association, Eugene O'Neill Society, American Theatre Critics Association, Drama Desk.
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Married Faith Enid Zager, September 3, 1961 (divorced 1984). Children: Sarah Hornby Paddock, Stephen Eli.
Education
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1962
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1965
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1966
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1966 - 1970
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1970 - 1971
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1971 - 1980
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1980 - 1991
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1986
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1991