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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Page 117
... person is good for the part and can do it that's fine by me . I don't care about anything else at all . As a working director I say that categorically . But there is a question within this question which ought to be an- swered because I ...
... person is good for the part and can do it that's fine by me . I don't care about anything else at all . As a working director I say that categorically . But there is a question within this question which ought to be an- swered because I ...
Page 119
... person to play it . This is aside from physical things . What really is going to tell the story ? If any of you are ... person who has a beautiful qual- ity , understanding , charm , wit , mind , feeling . You can put the prettiest ...
... person to play it . This is aside from physical things . What really is going to tell the story ? If any of you are ... person who has a beautiful qual- ity , understanding , charm , wit , mind , feeling . You can put the prettiest ...
Page 141
... person read the play to the cast . I have fol- lowed that plan wherever feasible . Of course there are certain possible pitfalls in it : if the person reading is a very fine performer and forgets that the object of the read- ing is to ...
... person read the play to the cast . I have fol- lowed that plan wherever feasible . Of course there are certain possible pitfalls in it : if the person reading is a very fine performer and forgets that the object of the read- ing is to ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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