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 47
... simply meant the all - pervading mood of a whole play , regardless of the various moods of the individual scenes . It is an important item . For example , in Othello there's a moment when Othello says to Iago , " O , blood , blood ...
... simply meant the all - pervading mood of a whole play , regardless of the various moods of the individual scenes . It is an important item . For example , in Othello there's a moment when Othello says to Iago , " O , blood , blood ...
Page 79
... simply , means playing a scene in your own words instead of those of the author . There is , in my view , the danger that , instead of achieving a sense of " freedom , " improvisation can lead to a looseness of form . It can lead to ...
... simply , means playing a scene in your own words instead of those of the author . There is , in my view , the danger that , instead of achieving a sense of " freedom , " improvisation can lead to a looseness of form . It can lead to ...
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... simply and straight- forwardly , without any attempt to show how the parts should be played , it may lead to trouble later . One some- times gets carried away in reading and some highly im- pressionable actors may have a tendency to ...
... simply and straight- forwardly , without any attempt to show how the parts should be played , it may lead to trouble later . One some- times gets carried away in reading and some highly im- pressionable actors may have a tendency to ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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