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... Speech Stage speech , like pantomime , has two general types with which the actor must make himself familiar : Normal speech - unparticularized Characterized - particularized , suggesting some distinct in- dividuality Normal speech is basic ...
... Speech Stage speech , like pantomime , has two general types with which the actor must make himself familiar : Normal speech - unparticularized Characterized - particularized , suggesting some distinct in- dividuality Normal speech is basic ...
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... speech . " This is the standard . From it departures can be made in any direction to achieve certain eccentric effects that may be desired for dra- matic reasons ; but all variations must employ normal speech as a reference . By ...
... speech . " This is the standard . From it departures can be made in any direction to achieve certain eccentric effects that may be desired for dra- matic reasons ; but all variations must employ normal speech as a reference . By ...
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Samuel Selden. Compulsive Speech Compulsive speech - that kind of speech which , like compulsive movement , invites the audience to " feel into ” it and then impels it to swing along with it - is an effective combination of several ...
Samuel Selden. Compulsive Speech Compulsive speech - that kind of speech which , like compulsive movement , invites the audience to " feel into ” it and then impels it to swing along with it - is an effective combination of several ...
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The Actor As ImageMaker | 16 |
The Actor as InstrumentalistPantomime | 49 |
The Actor as InstrumentalistSpeech | 75 |
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acting actor ALGERNON AMANDA arms audience BENVOLIO BIFF BLAIR body CALIBAN CASSIUS CATHLEEN CECILY chair Chapter character CHRISTINE door dramatic E. Y. Harburg EBEN effect Eugene O'Neill exercises expressive eyes face feeling feet FINIAN Finian's Rainbow fundamental actions give Glass Menagerie GLETKIN goes GWENDOLEN hand head HENRIETTA HORACE imagery imagination impulses JACK JULIET kind kinesthetic laugh LAURA LAVINIA legs lift look MAURYA MERCUTIO MIKAIL mind MISS DYER Mister Roberts move movement never NORA object OLD WOMAN pantomime Paul Eldridge performance person play player posture PRIMUS REGINA response rising role ROMEO Romeo and Juliet RUBASHOV scene sense sits slowly sound speak spectator speech stage standing step STEPHANO STEVE TATIANA tell Tennessee Williams theatre thing Thomas Heggen thou thought tion tonal tone torso TRINCULO turns TYBALT voice walk words young