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NickS (WA)'s avatar

I had read this piece; you re-shared it recently, and it's good.

I appreciate what you're saying about Suspension of Disbelief, and don't have much to add.

The discussion of naturalism and realism reminds me of two thing (both of which you may well know already).

First, in _Tea With The Dames_ they talk about how each generation of actors feels like the prior generation was too artificial and tries to develop new techniques that feel more natural but, they say, some of that is just changes in style.

Second, I remember being really impressed in the documentary about Cicely Berry, _Where Words Prevail_ how good she was at helping actors connect to Shakespearean language and have technique and use that technique to be able to engage deeply with the language.

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Liz Haswell's avatar

Fascinating! This was such fun to read and think about.

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