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Speech in the Theatre: Trouble with Speech in the American Theatre
" Just because we all have the gift of gab does not mean we are endowed with the art of speech. Speech is an art, especially speech for the theatre. "
Category: Theater
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School That Came to Stay: Erwin Piscator’s Dramatic Workshop, Now Celebrating Tenth Anniversary, Hopes to Become a University
" Ten years ago, when Erwin Piscator proposed that the New School of Social Research set up a drama department, he envisioned the eventual growth of this unit into a University of Theatre where students trained in every conceivable phase of the drama would be eligible for the bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees. "
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Erwin Piscator
Erwin Piscator (1893-1966) was a famous German stage director known for his expressionistic staging techniques and the theatre style of “epic theatre.” Piscator first trained as an actor at the Konig School of Dramatic Art. He later pursued acting and literature in 1913 at the University of Munich and frequently volunteered at the Hof Theatre, […]
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Clurman on the Theater, With Sweep and Passion: A critic who was at home on both sides of the footlights.
" Harold Clurman always had stage presence, whether he was teaching, talking or simply going to the theater. "
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Urban Arts Corps Records
" Urban Arts Corps (UAC) was founded in 1967 by Vinnette Carroll, who served as the company's premiere artistic director. It emerged as a pilot project of The Ghetto Arts Program. "
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Giuseppe Zambonini: Loft Utopia
Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. There’s nothing less utopian and avant-garde than the New York City loft. A symbol of gentrification in Manhattan and Brooklyn, teeming […]
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Judith Malina
As an actor, director, political activist, and writer, Judith Malina exemplified the creative dynamism of the New School. Born on June 4, 1926 in Kiel, Germany, Malina spent only the first three years of her life in Europe before her family emigrated to New York City in an attempt to escape rising anti-semitism. The daughter […]
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Vinnette Carroll
It was during Gina Luria Walker and Ellen M. Freeberg’s Women’s Legacy class at the New School that I was introduced to Vinnette Carroll. Ellen Freeberg had come across Carroll’s name in the New School Archives. In doing research, I discovered that Vinnette Carroll was the first black woman to enroll in the Dramatic Workshop […]
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Harold Clurman
Harold Clurman (1901-1980) was a respected American theatrical director, actor and drama critic. He attended Columbia University and University of Paris where he received his degree in 1923. In 1924, Clurman made his acting debut as an extra with the Greenwich Village Theatre. Clurman was also a founding member of the Group Theatre, begun in […]
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Working with Live Material
" At present there is so much confusion, misunderstanding, and downright ignorance-not about the Stanislavski System, but about acting in general "