The style of acting changes with each generation of actors. Open the following site, which pictures actors in England at the turn of the twentieth century. Note their elaborate costumes and the formality of their poses. Are you familiar with any of these actors or the plays in which they played roles. Find one or two of the plays and read them. How do they compare to today's theatre?
http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/actors/pics.html
The Acting Workshop On Line may be opened at: http://www.redbirdstudio.com/AWOL/acting2.html. In this site you will find hints on acting, how to join the actors' unions and a plethora of other information on the contemporary acting scene. Based on what you can find in this site and its links, how can you go about contacting an agent?
The site at http://www.theatrelibrary.org/links/ActorsHistory.html is a site of links to other acting sites. Using this site, see how many programs and websites related to actor training and the theory of acting you can find.
