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I think Stanislavski does not mean so much work on the artist's character alone,
because that is only part of it. We know people with fairly poor characters who are
fine actors, and we know people of splendid char- ' acter who can't act at all.
I think Stanislavski does not mean so much work on the artist's character alone,
because that is only part of it. We know people with fairly poor characters who are
fine actors, and we know people of splendid char- ' acter who can't act at all.
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It means the same thing — the attention you put on a specific object. It doesn't
meant just the general concentration you should have in your work; it goes
without saying that every good performing artist has to concentrate / on what he is
doing.
It means the same thing — the attention you put on a specific object. It doesn't
meant just the general concentration you should have in your work; it goes
without saying that every good performing artist has to concentrate / on what he is
doing.
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I think it means the study of yourself, which so few people do, in order to know
what you bring onto the stage as a personality. After all, that does become part, in
some way, of the role you are creating. Very often actors fail to understand why ...
I think it means the study of yourself, which so few people do, in order to know
what you bring onto the stage as a personality. After all, that does become part, in
some way, of the role you are creating. Very often actors fail to understand why ...
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Contents
Background | 3 |
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Method--or madness?: With an introd. by Harold Clurman |
| Author | Robert Lewis |
| Publisher | French, 1958 |
| Length | 165 pages |
| Subjects | › Acting Method (Acting) Method acting Performing Arts / Acting & Auditioning Stanislavsky method |
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