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Page 117
[Question from the audience] : Do you as a director look for Method actors in
casting? [Answer]: Well, I can answer the question very quickly. I think the theatre
uses everything, and if the person is good for the part and can do it that's fine by
me.
[Question from the audience] : Do you as a director look for Method actors in
casting? [Answer]: Well, I can answer the question very quickly. I think the theatre
uses everything, and if the person is good for the part and can do it that's fine by
me.
Page 119
You should look for the essential quality of the part in casting the person to play it.
This is aside from physical things. What really is going to tell the story? If any of
you are old enough to have seen Jeanne Eagels in Rain, you will remember that
...
You should look for the essential quality of the part in casting the person to play it.
This is aside from physical things. What really is going to tell the story? If any of
you are old enough to have seen Jeanne Eagels in Rain, you will remember that
...
Page 141
For the first rehearsal, I always think it is a good plan to have one person read the
play to the cast. I have followed that plan wherever feasible. Of course there are
certain possible pitfalls in it: if the person reading is a very fine performer and ...
For the first rehearsal, I always think it is a good plan to have one person read the
play to the cast. I have followed that plan wherever feasible. Of course there are
certain possible pitfalls in it: if the person reading is a very fine performer and ...
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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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