The Theatre Handbook and Digest of PlaysBernard Sobel |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 80
Page 26
... actor's job to get that understanding over to an audience according to the author's intention . It is quite possible for an actor to be impressed and moved , or depressed and disturbed , by his own performance . But unless he detaches ...
... actor's job to get that understanding over to an audience according to the author's intention . It is quite possible for an actor to be impressed and moved , or depressed and disturbed , by his own performance . But unless he detaches ...
Page 30
... actors is accompanied by music . The Second Actor enters and his music is called Shidai . To this he recites his opening song . He never wears a mask for he represents the audience ; declares his name and reason for his appear- ance ...
... actors is accompanied by music . The Second Actor enters and his music is called Shidai . To this he recites his opening song . He never wears a mask for he represents the audience ; declares his name and reason for his appear- ance ...
Page 131
... actor is usually not auditioned . In some rare cases , where it seems that the particular actor would be possible for a most important part , he may be asked to come in late one afternoon and read - usually a scene of his own preference ...
... actor is usually not auditioned . In some rare cases , where it seems that the particular actor would be possible for a most important part , he may be asked to come in late one afternoon and read - usually a scene of his own preference ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
18th century actor actress acts Aeschylus American actress American dramatist appeared artist audience became began Born British Broadway brother career character Charles Comédie-Française comedy comic commedia commedia dell'arte costumes curtain dance daughter death debut director drama dramatic critic dramatist editor Elizabethan England English actor Eugene O'Neill famous farce father film French George German girl Greek Henry husband Ibsen Italian John Kabuki killed King Lady later light Little Theatre living London Lord Lord Chamberlain's Men lover manager marriage married Mary Maxwell Anderson modern Molière Moscow Art Theatre night novel opera Paris performance players Playhouse plays include playwright plot poet poetic popular produced repertory returns Richard role Roman Russian S. N. Behrman satire scene scenery Shakespeare Shaw Sidney Howard song Spanish stage star story success theatrical toured tragedy vaudeville wife William William Shakespeare woman World writing written wrote York young