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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... audience never gasped in 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 ...
... audience never gasped in 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 ...
Page 151
... audience in New Haven , or wherever . The audience , too , makes other little changes . Certain things you were doing which you thought were perfectly clear are not clear to the public . In other things you find the audience is way ...
... audience in New Haven , or wherever . The audience , too , makes other little changes . Certain things you were doing which you thought were perfectly clear are not clear to the public . In other things you find the audience is way ...
Page 153
... audience , which is used to seeing Ophelia as an attractive person , saw her as stupid and unpleasant , it would say ... audience see these people - through Hamlet's eyes , or its own ? After all , Hamlet isn't on the stage in this scene ...
... audience , which is used to seeing Ophelia as an attractive person , saw her as stupid and unpleasant , it would say ... audience see these people - through Hamlet's eyes , or its own ? After all , Hamlet isn't on the stage in this scene ...
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accent acting Actor or artist Actor Prepares actress actual attitude audience beautiful Ben-Ami Brigadoon Building a Character called chart costume course create dance dancer director Duse elements emotion everything example FĂ©lia Litvinne felt fetish Gene Lyons girl give going Group Theatre Hamlet happen hear idea imagination inner intentions Jeanne Eagels John Barrymore Laurette Taylor LECTURE Lewis listen look mean ment Method actors Michael Chekhov Moissi mood Moscow Art Theatre moved movement naturally Nina Koshetz Ophelia Pauline Viardot pauses performance person phony poetic theatre possible problem production props rehearsal remember rhythm Salvini scene sense of truth Shakespeare singing speaking specific speech spine stage Stanislavski Stanislavski system started studied style talk technique tell tempo tempo-rhythm theatrical there's thing tion Tommaso Salvini tonight trying understand voice walked week whole play words