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 vii
... directing a scene from Brigadoon , with Agnes de Mille , the show's choreographer . 82 Scene from William Saroyan's My Heart's in the High- lands , as directed by Mr. Lewis . 98 Scene from The Teahouse of the August Moon , as directed ...
... directing a scene from Brigadoon , with Agnes de Mille , the show's choreographer . 82 Scene from William Saroyan's My Heart's in the High- lands , as directed by Mr. Lewis . 98 Scene from The Teahouse of the August Moon , as directed ...
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... directing that the majority of the self - ap- pointed " naturals " who profess no knowledge of any known technique ... directed an actor who was like that — a foggy one - and he used , occasionally , to give some sloppy performances ...
... directing that the majority of the self - ap- pointed " naturals " who profess no knowledge of any known technique ... directed an actor who was like that — a foggy one - and he used , occasionally , to give some sloppy performances ...
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... remember , too , in the very first show I directed on Broadway , My Heart's in the Highlands , one of the morn- ing papers said that the performance was " in the best realistic tradition of Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre , ” while 88.
... remember , too , in the very first show I directed on Broadway , My Heart's in the Highlands , one of the morn- ing papers said that the performance was " in the best realistic tradition of Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre , ” while 88.
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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