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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... true that there are , and have been in the past , some fortunate wonders with little technical knowledge of any kind who can cre- ate , and have created , artistically , by instinct alone . They represent a form of genius . Sometimes we ...
... true that there are , and have been in the past , some fortunate wonders with little technical knowledge of any kind who can cre- ate , and have created , artistically , by instinct alone . They represent a form of genius . Sometimes we ...
Page 88
... true - feeling actors or are we to be artists who use our true feelings as one of the tools of our craft to create with ? The first problem in discussing this subject is to over- come the difficulty of defining the word truth at all ...
... true - feeling actors or are we to be artists who use our true feelings as one of the tools of our craft to create with ? The first problem in discussing this subject is to over- come the difficulty of defining the word truth at all ...
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... true feeling about the situation . Then , too , real truth can be resented because it makes people feel uncomfortable . And , because they are uncomfortable , they say it is not true . Now these are only partial answers ; but they are ...
... true feeling about the situation . Then , too , real truth can be resented because it makes people feel uncomfortable . And , because they are uncomfortable , they say it is not true . Now these are only partial answers ; but they are ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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