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ACTING VERBATIM

Say the words, say all the words, say only the words.

One day in a beginning scene study class, two young actors were working on Act II, Scene 7 from Angels In America: Louis and Joe sit on a park bench in front of the Hall of Justice, eating hot dogs. It's a wonderful scene, one which I often assign, and in the middle of the scene Joe has what might be termed a short monologue, interrupted only by an interjection from Louis. (In actuality I don't believe there is any such thing as a "monologue," but that is a subject for another day.) When the scene was over, I asked the actor playing Joe - let's just call him "Joe" - to read the monologue directly from the script. He did so, and when he was done, I asked him to find the phrase "you know"  in the monologue . . . read more . . .

 

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