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 153
... Ophelia ? C : I am afraid so . She must be both stupid and lovely at the same time . That's the difficulty . S : What do you mean - should she be a negative or a positive type ? C : She ought rather to be indefinite . S : Aren't you ...
... Ophelia ? C : I am afraid so . She must be both stupid and lovely at the same time . That's the difficulty . S : What do you mean - should she be a negative or a positive type ? C : She ought rather to be indefinite . S : Aren't you ...
Page 154
... Ophelia or Desdemona poetic if he knows Cordelia ? S : Yes , but Belinski , in comparing Ophelia and Desde- mona , thinks that Desdemona might— C : [ interrupting ] I think they are both rather stupid . S : Then there is no tragedy . C ...
... Ophelia or Desdemona poetic if he knows Cordelia ? S : Yes , but Belinski , in comparing Ophelia and Desde- mona , thinks that Desdemona might— C : [ interrupting ] I think they are both rather stupid . S : Then there is no tragedy . C ...
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... Ophelia , Laertes and Polonius ; these are under the King's influence , and Ophelia , besides , is under Laertes ' . S : Yes , these are features taken from life , entirely real- istic , and the actors should try for them through charac ...
... Ophelia , Laertes and Polonius ; these are under the King's influence , and Ophelia , besides , is under Laertes ' . S : Yes , these are features taken from life , entirely real- istic , and the actors should try for them through charac ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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