• DOI:10.1017/S0266464X0000422X
Corpus ID: 193243895

Celebrity and the Semiotics of Acting

@article{Quinn1990CelebrityAT,
  title={Celebrity and the Semiotics of Acting},
  author={M. Quinn},
  journal={New Theatre Quarterly},
  year={1990},
  volume={6},
  pages={154-161}
}

M. Quinn

Published 1990

Art

New Theatre Quarterly

One of the persistent problems in acting, and one that seems to grow steadily in importance, comes from the public identity of the actor. This study suggests that a semiotic approach to the acting sign can help to distinguish the function of celebrity in acting, the threats to authority that celebrity imposes, and the results of celebrity acting both on stage and in the efforts of the actor to achieve an identity. This essay is related to earlier discussions of the stage figure by its author… CONTINUE READING

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