[SML] Fake "Hare" for Stoppard's Arcadia

[John McAfee]

+1 so hard.

I try to keep telling my students that they don’t need a full living room set for their scenes for acting class.  It’s called acting for a reason.

John
> On Nov 2, 2015, at 1:16 AM, Pat Kight via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
> Jerry Durand via Stagecraft wrote:
>> I saw another show where the actor came on carrying a bag (tied shut)
>> which he dropped on the floor, kicked around, etc. while explaining
>> everything that had just happened to him (off stage).  Towards the end
>> of his description he mentioned cutting someones head off and kicked the
>> bag again. Got an audible reaction from most of the audience, I'd say
>> that gag worked well.
> 
> Exactly. So much can be done with acting that can't be done half so well with props, no matter how well crafted.
> 
> Perhaps not the best position to espouse on a stagecraft list, but how much easier would our jobs be if more directors were a bit less ... literal ... about scripts, and handed the problem to the actors to solve?
> 
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> Pat Kight
> kightp at peak.org
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