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... action . Exaggerate and exaggerate . Use an abundance of action . One may say that too much action and poorly executed gestures may not be the most artistic acting ; but that is of small consequence at this stage of the game . What each ...
... action . Exaggerate and exaggerate . Use an abundance of action . One may say that too much action and poorly executed gestures may not be the most artistic acting ; but that is of small consequence at this stage of the game . What each ...
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... action needs to be broad enough to be in keeping with the rest of the action . The dramatist points - up an idea often by repeating it . Mr. Gleason , in The Shannons of Broad- way , makes sure the audience will grasp an idea for a ...
... action needs to be broad enough to be in keeping with the rest of the action . The dramatist points - up an idea often by repeating it . Mr. Gleason , in The Shannons of Broad- way , makes sure the audience will grasp an idea for a ...
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... action to the word , the word to the action : with this special observance , that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for anything so overdone is from the purpose of play- ing , whose end , both at the first and now , was and is ...
... action to the word , the word to the action : with this special observance , that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for anything so overdone is from the purpose of play- ing , whose end , both at the first and now , was and is ...
Contents
INTRODUCTORY | 3 |
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES | 10 |
STAGE MOVEMENT | 35 |
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