Method--or Madness?: With an Introd. by Harold ClurmanA 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. |
Contents
The Method Itself | 23 |
Some Attitudes toward the Method | 51 |
Method Fetishes | 67 |
Truth in Acting | 87 |
Actors or Artists? | 105 |
The Method and Poetic Theatre | 123 |
Rehearsal Procedureand Summa | 139 |
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