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For an isolated performance, of however great interest— if the rest of the acting is
sagging, vague, helpless, unattached, or perversely at cross purposes— must
distort the play's purpose. No matter if the one seems to be right and all the others
...
For an isolated performance, of however great interest— if the rest of the acting is
sagging, vague, helpless, unattached, or perversely at cross purposes— must
distort the play's purpose. No matter if the one seems to be right and all the others
...
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Some have asserted that the director possesses universal talents, ranging from
those of the actor to those of the creative writer, and including those of the painter
and composer. As a matter of fact, that is a portrait of the ideal director. But this ...
Some have asserted that the director possesses universal talents, ranging from
those of the actor to those of the creative writer, and including those of the painter
and composer. As a matter of fact, that is a portrait of the ideal director. But this ...
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no matter how good in itself, does not give us the right to think of the work written
on it as high artistry, and knowing that the theme also always demands a full
artistic treatment, many of us, for some reason, do not pause for long or very
deeply ...
no matter how good in itself, does not give us the right to think of the work written
on it as high artistry, and knowing that the theme also always demands a full
artistic treatment, many of us, for some reason, do not pause for long or very
deeply ...
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Contents
Helen Krich Chinoy | 3 |
George II Duke of SaxeMeiningen | 81 |
Otto Brahm | 103 |
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| Title | Directors on directing: a source book of the modern theater |
| Authors | Toby Cole, Helen Krich Chinoy |
| Editors | Toby Cole, Helen Krich Chinoy |
| Contributors | Toby Cole, Helen Krich Chinoy |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Bobbs-Merrill, 1963 |
| Length | 464 pages |
| Subjects | › › Drama / General Performing Arts / General Performing Arts / Theater / Direction & Production Performing Arts / Theater / General |
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