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... acting . The actor , in the words of the 19th- century American actor Lawrence Barrett , " is forever carving a statue of snow . " That is why the understanding of acting has not equalled the appreciation of it and why the actor's ...
... acting . The actor , in the words of the 19th- century American actor Lawrence Barrett , " is forever carving a statue of snow . " That is why the understanding of acting has not equalled the appreciation of it and why the actor's ...
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... acting was an amateur occupation . The actor was limited simply to illustrating the text by means of a narrow scheme of gesture and rhetorical speech . But in the commedia dell'arte the actor used only an outline , a plot ; he ...
... acting was an amateur occupation . The actor was limited simply to illustrating the text by means of a narrow scheme of gesture and rhetorical speech . But in the commedia dell'arte the actor used only an outline , a plot ; he ...
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... acting observed in the work of great actors . THE ACTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING In view of the diversity of approaches to the actor's prob- lems , it would seem difficult to arrive at any useful gen- eralizations that are valid ...
... acting observed in the work of great actors . THE ACTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING In view of the diversity of approaches to the actor's prob- lems , it would seem difficult to arrive at any useful gen- eralizations that are valid ...
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