The Splintered Stage: The Decline of the American TheaterA critical appraisal of postwar drama from O'Neill to Albee, indicating that our contemporary playwrights have an extremely narrow view of life. |
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... characters as servants were carefully dissected before players felt competent to por- tray them . Indeed , so determined was Stanislavsky to sustain the illusion of reality that he refused to let actors playing characters who died ...
... characters as servants were carefully dissected before players felt competent to por- tray them . Indeed , so determined was Stanislavsky to sustain the illusion of reality that he refused to let actors playing characters who died ...
Page 103
... characters appear as victims of their socio- psychological conditioning and , therefore , lacking in any real strength . The all - consuming weakness of the characters in Long Day's Journey into Night and The Iceman Cometh , probably ...
... characters appear as victims of their socio- psychological conditioning and , therefore , lacking in any real strength . The all - consuming weakness of the characters in Long Day's Journey into Night and The Iceman Cometh , probably ...
Page 129
... characters there . CHARLEY Willy , the jails are full of fearless characters . BEN ( Clapping WILLY on the back , with a laugh at CHARLEY ) And the stock exchanges , friend ! WILLY ( Joining in BEN's laughter ) Where are the rest of ...
... characters there . CHARLEY Willy , the jails are full of fearless characters . BEN ( Clapping WILLY on the back , with a laugh at CHARLEY ) And the stock exchanges , friend ! WILLY ( Joining in BEN's laughter ) Where are the rest of ...
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