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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... words . You might hear one character sneer the words , " I love you . " It's perfectly clear that he is trying to let the other one know that he despises her , yet he's using the very same words . His intention , therefore is quite ...
... words . You might hear one character sneer the words , " I love you . " It's perfectly clear that he is trying to let the other one know that he despises her , yet he's using the very same words . His intention , therefore is quite ...
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... words , a suitable poem , I believe . He eventually worked up a beautiful , lyrical scene . My mind leaps from that étude to the results which so many now think derive from any contact with the Method : the old " mumbling , but with ...
... words , a suitable poem , I believe . He eventually worked up a beautiful , lyrical scene . My mind leaps from that étude to the results which so many now think derive from any contact with the Method : the old " mumbling , but with ...
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... words themselves are beautiful . The idea lies in the very words . S : Don't forget , in the first place , that the words are in translation , and are , therefore , no longer as beautiful as in the original ; and this is most important ...
... words themselves are beautiful . The idea lies in the very words . S : Don't forget , in the first place , that the words are in translation , and are , therefore , no longer as beautiful as in the original ; and this is most important ...
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Copyright | |
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