Description - Persona and Performance by Robert J Landy
This book, by one of the world's leading dramatherapists, demonstrates how the concept of role connects the areas of dramatherapy, theatre and everyday life, and provides a detailed model for a role-based form of therapy. Based on a central assumption that well-being depends on the individual's capacity to manage a complex and often contradictory set of roles, it: examines the origins and development of the role metaphor plays both in drama and the social sciences; discusses how role can be used as a form of therapy, using detailed clinical case studies both of an individual and a group; and provides a comprehensive taxonomy of theatrical roles drawn from repeated types throughout the history of Western dramatic literature, arguing that an understanding of these will enhance an understanding of the dramatic nature of healing through role. With references drawn from art and the social sciences, theatre, popular culture and personal experience, "Persona and Performance" should of useful to all people interested in the use of drama and theatre as therapy.
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