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

[Keith Arsenault]

hear hear . . . 


Keith Arsenault
iaeg.sml at gmail.com

On Nov 2, 2015, at 11:12 AM, John McAfee via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> +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?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Pat Kight
>> kightp at peak.org
>> 
>> 
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