The Art of Acting

actor actress æsthetic æsthetic distance AGNES BOOTH American artist attitude author's collection bodily action breath by-play character characterization comedian comic contrast coördination course cultivated curtain dancing dialect diction diphthongs director distracting drama E. H. Sothern E. L. Davenport Edwin Forrest effect element emotion English especially exaggeration experience expression false Fanny Davenport feel give humor illusion imaginative imitation important improvisation James-Lange theory John Drew John Gielgud Kenyon and Knott laugh less lines listening low comedy meaning memory mind Miss modern mood Moscow Art Theatre natural pantomime performance perhaps pitch Plate play players problem production projection prompter pronunciations reaction reading reason rehearsals rhythm scene sound speaking speech spelling stage student actor suggest syllables symbols technique tempo Theatre Arts thing thought tion tone traditional tragedy tragic usually Vandamm vocal voice vowels words young actor