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 59
... style going on along with the " psychological " work . I know I had a class in 1933 in the basement of the Broadhurst Theatre , where we were doing Men in White , in which I was attempting to find some approach to style in acting ...
... style going on along with the " psychological " work . I know I had a class in 1933 in the basement of the Broadhurst Theatre , where we were doing Men in White , in which I was attempting to find some approach to style in acting ...
Page 145
... style that this pro- duction is going to have , what you ( collectively ) are working toward , what your special production problems are especially as regards the actors . Also , a word about how the play is going to be designed ...
... style that this pro- duction is going to have , what you ( collectively ) are working toward , what your special production problems are especially as regards the actors . Also , a word about how the play is going to be designed ...
Page 157
... style of acting is nothing but the " stock com- pany " system . C : That's not quite correct . I have seen it in small com- panies where it was done quite consciously . It's a very subtle style of acting . S : One Italian director who ...
... style of acting is nothing but the " stock com- pany " system . C : That's not quite correct . I have seen it in small com- panies where it was done quite consciously . It's a very subtle style of acting . S : One Italian director who ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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