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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... Ben- Ami . I had to open a champagne bottle - pull the cork out and make it pop . It's not easy . In any event , shortly after I went off the stage , he had a great moment . I want to tell you about it because it was one of the first ...
... Ben- Ami . I had to open a champagne bottle - pull the cork out and make it pop . It's not easy . In any event , shortly after I went off the stage , he had a great moment . I want to tell you about it because it was one of the first ...
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... 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 well -I ...
... 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 well -I ...
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... Ben - Ami . The 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 ...
... Ben - Ami . The 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 ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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