Arta actorului între jocul „ascuns” şi cel „deschis” în raport cu publicul

Abstract

The article ”The Art of the Actor between Hidden and Open Acting in Relation to the Audience” is a study of artistic pedagogy with theatrical specifics that analyzes two ways of acting, and, at the same time, two directorial proposals, diametrically opposed and involving two different ways of co-participation from the audience: the ”open” acting and the ”hidden” acting. The author takes the idea of a comparative analysis made by John Wright between the open acting, which generally appears in comedic contexts, and the acting he calls ”hidden”, in which concealing the character's intentions through a prolonged psychological play will maintain further suspense. In the case of the open Shakespearean-type acting, the rational judgment is much more involved, while in the hidden acting the emotional judgment prevails – the audience being emotionally involved in the process, trying to decipher the outcome of the action.