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 55
... curtain came down on that scene , we all arose from our seats and staggered up the aisle , quite intoxicated ! Chekhov himself , going on from Stanislavski , worked on what he called " psychological gesture . " To give you an example ...
... curtain came down on that scene , we all arose from our seats and staggered up the aisle , quite intoxicated ! Chekhov himself , going on from Stanislavski , worked on what he called " psychological gesture . " To give you an example ...
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... curtain goes up on opening night may be the widest chasm in all geography . The director might say , in his production talk , " We're going to make this entire production have the quality of a fog ! " It could be a per- fectly ...
... curtain goes up on opening night may be the widest chasm in all geography . The director might say , in his production talk , " We're going to make this entire production have the quality of a fog ! " It could be a per- fectly ...
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... curtain is to introduce Sakini's two characters so that the audience understands at once that you are to play this double part . They will then be able to follow that idea through the play . " To do that we first had him run across the ...
... curtain is to introduce Sakini's two characters so that the audience understands at once that you are to play this double part . They will then be able to follow that idea through the play . " To do that we first had him run across the ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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