TY - BOOK AU - Zazzali, Peter TI - Acting in the academy: The history of professional actor training in US higher education SN - 9781138914384 AV - PN 2078.U6 Z39A 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - ACTING KW - STUDY AND TEACHING (HIGHER) KW - UNITED STATES KW - HISTORY KW - 20 TH CENTURY KW - PERFORMING ARTS / THEATER / GENERAL N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The challenges facing US stage acting and actor training page 1-25; Twentieth-century US acting and actor training: From Stanislavsky to the League page 26-58; Putting the league in sociohistorical context page 59-76; The league's "uneasy dichotomy" with higher education: Introducing the case studies page 77-122; The "new breed" of American actors and the league's dissolution page 123-158; Empowering actors: An entrepreneurial approach page 159-188 ER -