Focal Press Fiction's Truth: The Consequence of Representing Human Suffering, Distress, and Violence in Performance

Fiction's Truth: The Consequence of Representing Human Suffering, Distress, and Violence in Performance from Focal Press explores professional actors' lived experiences of representing human suffering, distress, and violence. The book analyses the struggles, issues, and transformations professional actors face when dealing with these portrayals of human life; the personal and interpersonal consequences—both taxing and rewarding—they experience while undertaking these representations; and the forms of attention and care they use to limit the costs and maximize the rewards of their work.