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“Are you acting well, my darling?”
Chekhov, letter to Olga Knipper, Jan. 2 1901: Describe at least one rehearsal of Three Sisters for me. Isn’t there anything which needs adding or subtracting? Are you acting well, my darling? But watch out now! Don’t pull a sad … Continue reading
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The Seagull
It hurts to read this review of The Seagull and know that I can’t see it. It sounds like a once in a lifetime type production.
Fall 1995: Acting Notebook
Going through all these old notebooks – I came across the notebooks I kept during grad school. At first they start out all work, no play … which is interesting in and of itself – but the notebooks I kept … Continue reading
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More Chekhov
A winter season definitely worth seeing. I am going to try to get to them all. Peter Dinklage in Uncle Vanya? Perhaps AS Uncle Vanya? I so need to see that. Diane Wiest in The Seagull? Directed by Austin Pembleton? … Continue reading
Chekhov Fragments
Kate, Tim and I had a conversation about Chekhov this past weekend (with little baby sleeping on Tim’s chest) – Tim’s doing Astrov in Uncle Vanya – they’ve just begun rehearsals, so it was cool to hear about it, and … Continue reading
Chekhov and Bulgakov: A Russian Kind of Night
Last night I went to see an evening of Chekhov one-acts (and also adaptations of his stories into plays). Adaptations done by the wonderful Michael Frayn. I knew one of the actors – the other two in it were previously … Continue reading
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“Here are the plums for the journey.”
An excerpt from an interview with Olympia Dukakis – I absolutely adore this story – I learned a great lesson about tireless script analysis after reading this story the first time – NEVER stop asking questions when you read a … Continue reading
Chaos
I’m a big fan of chaos. I operate off it in my life and in my acting. One has to have a kind of trust in chaos. I believe, you know, that chaos is a real fact at the center … Continue reading
“Oooooooooooh!”
In a Greek play it’s not that there is a peculiar kind of delivery, it is that somebody’s pain is so great that they cry out: “Oooooooooooh!” rather than “Oh!” The feeling should be exaggerated in order to meet … Continue reading
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“talking nonsense”
The demand is made that the hero and the heroine should be dramatically effective. But in life people do not shoot themselves, or hang themselves, or fall in love, or deliver themselves of clever sayings every minute. They spend most … Continue reading
