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Re: Is God Dead? (was Gippius and Stanislavsky)

ROBERT ELLERMANN — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:37:52 GMT

Fascinating spin, Norman but like all spin it fails to honestly address the qustion. No one is creating or questioning God or gods. Scholarship by its very

Is God Dead? (was Gippius and Stanislavsky)

Norman Schwartz — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:04:19 GMT

I am always delighted to read the latest bulletins that dribble in on occasion from the seminaries of the Church of the Latter Day Saint Strasberg. Ever since

Gippius and Stanislavsky

ROBERT ELLERMANN — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:55:34 GMT

There is a lovely paragraph in Gippius' book in the chapter "Inner Vision and the Mechanism of Inner Speech" which reads: "Stanislavsky demanded that for

Me And Orson Welles

Bill Smith — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:42:13 GMT

This looks like fun.... here's the trailer for "Me And Orson Welles." http://www.meandorsonwellesthemovie.com/us/ The film deals with Orson Welles's 1937

Overpaid and underpaid film actors

Bill Smith — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:33:32 GMT

I found this article from Hollywood Reporter fascinating. Will Ferrell tops Forbes' 'overpaid' list Shia LaBeouf cited for generating most 'bang for the buck'

Theatre resource

Somers, John — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:04:02 GMT

Please see the e-mail below about the creation of a new resource based on the work of acclaimed UK theatre compnay 'Theatre Alibi'. If you are interested,

Re: Copyediting Shakespeare

Annie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:54:37 GMT

Indeed! Glad you enjoyed it, I thought you would! ox anne On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Arlene Schulman ... -- "Writing has laws of perspective, of light

Re: Copyediting Shakespeare

Arlene Schulman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:51:31 GMT

Love it, Annie! Poor Will. Sounds like some of the corrections I've had on my school essays! I like the Truman Capote quote. Rearrange them to suit

Copyediting Shakespeare

Annie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:57:52 GMT

A friend sent this to me; it's good for a chuckle .... and a eye rolling shake of the head ... http://www.rightreading.com/editing/copyediting.shakespeare.htm

New Blog post is up!

Annie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:04:07 GMT

Read "Darwinism in Tinseltown" @ Princess Scribe ~ HRH -- "Writing has laws of

Gippius and Stanislavsky

ROBERT ELLERMANN — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:54:46 GMT

I finally had the chance to go over Sergei V. Gippius's remarkable 1967 book "Training of Creativity: Feeling Gymnastics, now in a new (4th) edition.. Having

Even the best....

Bill Smith — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:55:35 GMT

Came across this quote the other day. ?The cinema is little more than a fad. It's canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the

Character actor versus Leading A Actor

Bill Smith — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:20:14 GMT

Interesting thoughts on the above dichotomy in a NYT Times interview/piece of Matt Damon:

Re: Shakespeare and Cops

Bill Smith — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:22:15 GMT

... lol Don't know who conceived this spoof, Arlene. But it did give me a chuckle, and who knows, maybe the author fudged some of the "facts".... just for fun.

Innovative ways of marketing

Bill Smith — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:15:33 GMT

Don't anyone accuse me of posting an OT. Read this article and watch the video. http://newslite.tv/2009/11/02/adverts-attached-to-the-legs-o.html Books are