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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... important ingredients of acting . He actually has , in his book , suggestions as to how one can develop the imagina- tion , as well as exercises for this purpose . He doesn't say he can give an imagination to somebody who doesn't have ...
... important ingredients of acting . He actually has , in his book , suggestions as to how one can develop the imagina- tion , as well as exercises for this purpose . He doesn't say he can give an imagination to somebody who doesn't have ...
Page 144
... important . One says this often and it is awfully hard to get it done right . There is that sense of rushing , of getting to the next cue ; whereas ac- tually , in the beginning , it is not important whether you come in right on the ...
... important . One says this often and it is awfully hard to get it done right . There is that sense of rushing , of getting to the next cue ; whereas ac- tually , in the beginning , it is not important whether you come in right on the ...
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... important notes , those having to do with big things . The fact that the boy walked past the girl accidentally and had to come back to say , " Hello , Joan , " is not important , because the next time he's not going to go past her - you ...
... important notes , those having to do with big things . The fact that the boy walked past the girl accidentally and had to come back to say , " Hello , Joan , " is not important , because the next time he's not going to go past her - you ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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