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‘This probably is :
Fag sProbably is the fs exercise
Ca "Sere Memory” ad thn fe
Teh ou engmment exercise, find circumstances under
ould Rave etd be deating with tangible objects which
et on stage. For cumple bred Properties tht should not be
with the le. take a cup of water and endow
Property of steaming hot coffee. Don't just think i
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refore allowing it to slide down your throat, how
a sees pul st a8 you swallow and your ‘mouth opens and
Year and thn ake ai 0 el your mouth Sa
yon ene cup of cold water becomes hot cafes and says
chat way. oo
Ka ne nt even want 10 apply real lipstick om wage,
ect Sith nervout hands on an opening night it could slip
becanse Mjge of my mouth, If there is no room in my stage
ore eering cold cream and tissues and fresh powder to
pei the damage, T would rather endow a model, plastic
Freie with eolor and greasinss as Iatretch my lips (already
dade up) and smear it on evenly.
T eeember seeing the final dress rehearsal of & play in
which a lover was walking out on his mistres. During the
TERR of the action she had to polish his shoes as one way of
Greventng his leaving her. ‘The acres was wearing a pearl-
Fay dre and the shoe polish was black. As she knelt on the
floor, a shoe in one hand, the cloch with polish in the other,
the can of black polish om the floor in front of her, she was
cxying and pleading with him to stay with fe. Soom she had
globe of polish on her face, hands, and all over her gray
Eosume. Te was quite realistic except for one thing. At the
fend of the seen, the curtain was lowered for only a second
fd rose again forthe next soene which took place a few dayt
later, Fler coxtame and face were stil covered with Black. In
following performances, the inside ofthe shoe polish can was
Duinted Back, without real pois init, and the actress had
found the correct behavior of working with i, the loth and
the shoe, to that not only she but the audience believed she
‘was actully using real pois
in The Farewell Supper by Arthur Sehnitaer, once had
to eat an enormous five-course gourmet real on stage eight
times a week, If all the food had been realy as specified, T
outa have been unable ro eat iin che timespan of my sage
ngTHE onjrcr &
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life, I would have gained ten root
become sick-cerainly on ‘matinee Pots,
tuted for the food looked like much ner V2"
‘neither rich, fattening fo tl io a
‘nor filling -
wih ovee kn uses, Eso eo
sae si
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‘me a round of applause as I piled ir siping. and
2 use piled into the Prough,
Mite ey mda
y seenes call for sewing and threading n
‘The panic which sets in as she i
in 1¢ takes that small ng ec
ere re fis a
Spon acer acs
Seat ei oop ec ating
tbat fermtelors
pet i eee pra
never
ween MT Bes threaded, may T use the small needle and
Any object wi
ject which cannot be handled and controlled
readily for the i
ree, the Purpose to which you want to put it in your
‘action becomes a dangerous object. And there are
bot Fo Rally dangerous objecs—sharp knives,
boul bottles, liquor, etc. If it is one of
wi ME YON do abou it, You undoubedly
when you burned or cut yourself
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i if or were hurt by someone
agar ai ania 10 Your »
a wnerever an object is not psy dangers sO
‘above, start experimenting—Iet’s say, with
wae Se ea pin on re ul es
peer hazard i it spilled or Ro on Your hands). First, really
i iad en ah an ergy tte we
eeu can econ the behavior of aealy
Bras nd ocing che plsh on your na until you fd
and eer hat, by refer, you will blow on your tals to
such elt pe ae dy, and you wll handle the next object
ma el for fear of marring the polish.
ite renee nd atlas three tangible objects to
ender Jean physieal properties which would otherwise com
ut