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 84
... beautiful voice ? Is it a pretty sound with good diction and emptiness inside ? No. I think Laurette Taylor had a beautiful voice ( I have a phonograph record of her , too , to prove it ) . It was a very lovely and easy voice production ...
... beautiful voice ? Is it a pretty sound with good diction and emptiness inside ? No. I think Laurette Taylor had a beautiful voice ( I have a phonograph record of her , too , to prove it ) . It was a very lovely and easy voice production ...
Page 119
... beautiful on the stage is what emanates from a person who has a beautiful qual- ity , understanding , charm , wit , mind , feeling . You can put the prettiest person in the world on the stage and if she doesn't have some of those ...
... beautiful on the stage is what emanates from a person who has a beautiful qual- ity , understanding , charm , wit , mind , feeling . You can put the prettiest person in the world on the stage and if she doesn't have some of those ...
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... beautiful as in the original ; and this is most important : To make peo- ple listen to beautiful words , they must be beautifully de- livered . Furthermore , you want all the dramatis personae in this act to stand all the time . I ...
... beautiful as in the original ; and this is most important : To make peo- ple listen to beautiful words , they must be beautifully de- livered . Furthermore , you want all the dramatis personae in this act to stand all the time . I ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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