PRODUCING A PLAY
F I missed one of Robert Young’s 3YA talks on producing a play, the fact that I went to the theatre on that night may to some degree atone for my negligence. The talks deserved the close attention I tried to give them, especially since one’s interest is apt to narrow itself down to the psychology of acting rather than visualising the various things which either support or detract from the original power of interpretation, Mr. Young ranged _ right through all the producer's problems from that of choosing a play to suit his group to seeing that rehearsals do not drag on past the hour when the lonely spouse wonders when the other partner will be home. Perhaps there was an unobserved trap, not for Mr, Young, but for his listeners, when he stressed the producer’s need to suit the play to his available personnel, This, in fact, sometimes leads amateur producers to cast people as themselves, more or less, thus achieving a temporary success but not inculcating the humility and sense of .the emotional range of acting which in the long run must help the actor to improve his technique,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 729, 3 July 1953, Page 10
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194PRODUCING A PLAY New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 729, 3 July 1953, Page 10
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