Method--or Madness?: With an Introd. by Harold Clurman, Volume 10A dynamic, inventive and articulate stage director explores in practical, down-to-cases language "The Method: " what it is and is not; the nonsense, the misconceptions, the myths that have sprung up and flourished around it; its development as a workable theory of stage technique and its application to all types of theatrical production. |
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... seen the Reinhardt Players do the same play . The man who played Fedya was their great actor , Alexander Moissi . He had made an enormous success in the part , and this same moment was unforget- table in his performance , too . If any of ...
... seen the Reinhardt Players do the same play . The man who played Fedya was their great actor , Alexander Moissi . He had made an enormous success in the part , and this same moment was unforget- table in his performance , too . If any of ...
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... Moissi or Ben - Ami , but just for purposes of demon- stration I would like at least to try to describe to you the difference in what happened at this moment in each por- trayal . Moissi , as you know , had a beautiful voice . He sang ...
... Moissi or Ben - Ami , but just for purposes of demon- stration I would like at least to try to describe to you the difference in what happened at this moment in each por- trayal . Moissi , as you know , had a beautiful voice . He sang ...
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... Moissi's case as they did in Ben- Ami's . Try to follow me through this because it leads to my ultimate points . The effect that Moissi made was stun- ningly " theatrical . " It was a real physical thrill . I remem- ber it clearly . I ...
... Moissi's case as they did in Ben- Ami's . Try to follow me through this because it leads to my ultimate points . The effect that Moissi made was stun- ningly " theatrical . " It was a real physical thrill . I remem- ber it clearly . I ...
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