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Tag Archives: After the Fall
Acting Notebook
A transcription of the notes I kept during one of my semesters in grad school. There were multi-pronged projects going on – and I kept myself organized by labeling them in the notebook. I had the dreaded “PD Unit”, which … Continue reading
By Request: The Dress
Member the dress I had to be sliced out of with a razor blade during a quick costume change? Here it is. With the pajamas for the second scene. 1st costume. Maggie and Quentin in the park. (He was a … Continue reading
The Books: “After the Fall” (Arthur Miller)
Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: Next play on the script shelf: After the Fall: A Play in Two Acts (Penguin Plays) by Arthur Miller. This play, while not his best, is very near to my heart – because of … Continue reading
Arthur Miller’s After the Fall
In October of 2003, a mentor of mine died. His name was Jack Temchin. Jack Temchin was instrumental in helping me realize the potential in my thesis project for grad school – which was Arthur Miller’s After the Fall. It’s … Continue reading
Lee J. Cobb: “Like a giant moving the Rocky Mountains into position…”
I read Arthur Miller’s autobiography Timebends: A Life voraciously during my thesis acting project in graduate school. My project was a couple of different scenes from Miller’s play about his marriage to Marilyn Monroe: After the Fall. His passages about … Continue reading