The Theatre Handbook and Digest of PlaysBernard Sobel |
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... character he is representing , just as the words he speaks are not the words of his own thoughts , but the words the author has written for the character to speak . The costume of the actor is the heightening , the translation into ...
... character he is representing , just as the words he speaks are not the words of his own thoughts , but the words the author has written for the character to speak . The costume of the actor is the heightening , the translation into ...
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... character is not a quick or easy business . One may imagine a character in a second , a minute , an hour . Then comes the long , slow process of coming to know him , what he is like , inside and out - what he thinks - the way he walks ...
... character is not a quick or easy business . One may imagine a character in a second , a minute , an hour . Then comes the long , slow process of coming to know him , what he is like , inside and out - what he thinks - the way he walks ...
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... characters in question may change the emphasis and alter the whole idea not only of the character but of the play . The playwright unless he is so famous and successful as to have the powers of a dictator , is always at the mercy of the ...
... characters in question may change the emphasis and alter the whole idea not only of the character but of the play . The playwright unless he is so famous and successful as to have the powers of a dictator , is always at the mercy of the ...
Contents
Preface George Freedley | ix |
Actress Tallulah Bankhead | 33 |
Community Theatre Movement The Carl Glick | 169 |
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