John Gielgud Greek Drama Ibsen Insults Henry Irving Edmund Kean Kitchen Sink Vivien Leigh Oscar Levant Life The Lunts Melodrama Method Acting Motivation Music Hall/Vaudeville Musicals Laurence Olivier Opprobrium Pantomime Plays Playwrights Playwrights – Individuals Prejudice The Press Producers Producers – Individuals Prologues Prompts Purpose Quick Thinking Realism
82 83 84 85 87 89 90 91 92 92 94 94 95 96 97 98 99 101 103 103 107 109 119 120 120 121 122 122 122 124 125
Recognition Rehearsals Reputation Resting Restoration Theatre Ralph Richardson Scenery and Lighting Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Plays George Bernard Shaw Richard Brinsley Sheridan Show Business Sarah Siddons Slips of the Tongue Stage Fright Stage Management Star Quality Success Talent Technique Telegrams Ellen Terry The Theatre Touring Tr a g e dy Herbert Beerbohm Tree Oscar Wilde Tennessee Williams
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