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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... interesting for variety in playing . For ex- ample : I wanted to express my great enthusiasm for Jen- nie Tourel's song recital the other night to a musical friend . I had enjoyed it so much that I wailed , clapping my hand against my ...
... interesting for variety in playing . For ex- ample : I wanted to express my great enthusiasm for Jen- nie Tourel's song recital the other night to a musical friend . I had enjoyed it so much that I wailed , clapping my hand against my ...
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... interesting movement . { Thirty - six . " Fencing . " What has that to do with acting ? Well , when I was a kid in the Civic Repertory Theatre we studied it . Of course , we were playing Romeo and Juliet and we'd have been killed in the ...
... interesting movement . { Thirty - six . " Fencing . " What has that to do with acting ? Well , when I was a kid in the Civic Repertory Theatre we studied it . Of course , we were playing Romeo and Juliet and we'd have been killed in the ...
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... interesting , but only a genius could do it . C : Which of your actresses has the greatest sense of humour ? I think Madame Lilina , so it seems to me . I think she might be able to manage this task . Nevertheless , I should very much ...
... interesting , but only a genius could do it . C : Which of your actresses has the greatest sense of humour ? I think Madame Lilina , so it seems to me . I think she might be able to manage this task . Nevertheless , I should very much ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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