[ecrea] New publication: The Changing Spaces of Television Acting by Richard Hewett

New publication:

/The Changing Spaces of Television Acting: From Studio Realism to 
Location Realism in BBC Television Drama/

by Richard Hewett

Available from Manchester University Press in hardcover 
<http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784992989/> and as an 
eBook <http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526115539/>.

Spanning the 1950s to the present day, /The Changing Spaces of 
Television Acting /is both a historical overview and a then-and-now 
comparison of performing for British television drama. By examining 
changing acting styles from distinct eras of television production – 
studio realism and location realism - it makes a unique contribution to 
the fields both of television and performance studies, going behind the 
scenes to unpack the various determinants that have combined over the 
years to influence how performers work in the medium.


Utilised as case studies are programmes that emerged in recognisably 
diverse eras of television production: /The Quatermass Experiment/ (BBC, 
1953), which was transmitted live; /Doctor Who/ (BBC, 1963-89), 
pre-recorded ‘as live’; and /Survivors/ (BBC, 1975-77), which adopted an 
Outside Broadcast ‘rehearse/record’ model. These are then compared with 
their respective modern-day re-makes to unpack the major developments 
that have taken place between the eras of studio realism and location 
realism, and the shift from multi-camera studio to single camera 
location production. In order to establish what factors underpinned 
these changes, textual analysis is combined with extensive archive 
research into production process and reception, alongside interviews 
with numerous actors and production personnel from more than sixty years 
of television production.


This fascinating account of acting for the small screen will be of 
interest to students both of television history and screen performance, 
while its case studies offer particular appeal to cult television fans.


Contributors include Mark Gatiss, Louise Jameson, Patrick Malahide, 
Kevin McNally, Waris Hussein, Graeme Harper and Tony Garnett.


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