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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Page 42
... don't get a certain part , or why they are not successful in a part they do play . Quite frequently it has nothing to do with the acting , which may be perfectly adequate ; but some- thing is present in their own personalities that is ...
... don't get a certain part , or why they are not successful in a part they do play . Quite frequently it has nothing to do with the acting , which may be perfectly adequate ; but some- thing is present in their own personalities that is ...
Page 80
... don't try not to say them . " As soon as they finished , I made them go right back and do the same scene with the author's lines , trying to retain what they gained from that little improvisation . But you must watch and insist that the ...
... don't try not to say them . " As soon as they finished , I made them go right back and do the same scene with the author's lines , trying to retain what they gained from that little improvisation . But you must watch and insist that the ...
Page 92
... don't tell me how to read it . Don't give me the line read- ing , it will make me phony . ” All in the name of Stanislav- ski's bible and a desire for " truth " the actor says , " Please , I want to feel the thing right and if you are ...
... don't tell me how to read it . Don't give me the line read- ing , it will make me phony . ” All in the name of Stanislav- ski's bible and a desire for " truth " the actor says , " Please , I want to feel the thing right and if you are ...
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