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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... Look , it's a long run , and I just have to give one bad performance a week . " Well , that was the one he knew of ! ) Now I have found that a lot of these " naturals " have the most extensive technique for effects , if not for stirring ...
... Look , it's a long run , and I just have to give one bad performance a week . " Well , that was the one he knew of ! ) Now I have found that a lot of these " naturals " have the most extensive technique for effects , if not for stirring ...
Page 118
... look for in choosing someone for a part is whether or not that person can play , and is right for , the highest moment in the part , regardless of whether he exactly fits the first entrance or not . I have seen more parts misinterpreted ...
... look for in choosing someone for a part is whether or not that person can play , and is right for , the highest moment in the part , regardless of whether he exactly fits the first entrance or not . I have seen more parts misinterpreted ...
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... look out of a window , find out where it is going to be and really look out of the imaginary one . When the window finally is actually there , you'll be happy to see it if you have been using an imaginary one . you have not been doing ...
... look out of a window , find out where it is going to be and really look out of the imaginary one . When the window finally is actually there , you'll be happy to see it if you have been using an imaginary one . you have not been doing ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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