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The greatest actors do that. It is the grist for the mill of the creative artist. A writer,
painter, or composer is fed by this all the time. But an actor has to appear on the
stage himself and at a specific time has to feel a certain way. Very often that little
...
The greatest actors do that. It is the grist for the mill of the creative artist. A writer,
painter, or composer is fed by this all the time. But an actor has to appear on the
stage himself and at a specific time has to feel a certain way. Very often that little
...
Page 52
To test myself as to how technique has served me as I direct, I tried this week to
think of specific moments when I had to have a certain effect; times when, as an
artist, I was obsessed with a moment and it had to be done a specific way.
To test myself as to how technique has served me as I direct, I tried this week to
think of specific moments when I had to have a certain effect; times when, as an
artist, I was obsessed with a moment and it had to be done a specific way.
Page 146
For example, on this specific line you first realize she may be lying to you and
seven speeches further, on exactly that line, you know you are mistaken, that it
couldn't be, not a nice girl like her, and a new intention starts. Through that whole
...
For example, on this specific line you first realize she may be lying to you and
seven speeches further, on exactly that line, you know you are mistaken, that it
couldn't be, not a nice girl like her, and a new intention starts. Through that whole
...
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Contents
Background | 3 |
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Method--or madness?: With an introd. by Harold Clurman |
| Author | Robert Lewis |
| Publisher | French, 1958 |
| Length | 165 pages |
| Subjects | › Acting Method (Acting) Method acting Performing Arts / Acting & Auditioning Stanislavsky method |
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