Word: dictional
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...dominant method used on the American stage." The classical technique, he explained, is the style of acting which should be used in the plays of Shakespeare, Moliere, Racine and the Greek dramatists. "The difference in the two styles is the distinction between rhetoric and ordinary conversation in diction, and between ballet and touch football in movement," he added...
...other performances, in a mixture of British and American accents, range most of the way from the formal to the folksy. In his Hollywood debut, veteran Shakespearean Actor John Gielgud gives the part of Cassius, leader of the conspirators, his meticulous diction, classic profile, and a lean and hungry look. Less traditional in their delivery are Louis Calhern, as a rather tired-looking Caesar, and Edmond O'Brien, in a departure from his usual cops & robbers roles, as Casca, the conspiracy's hatchet man. In the vital role of Brutus, James Mason gives an intense, brooding performance that...
...Stanley Kramer picture called The Wild One, he plans to "nob around" Manhattan for a few weeks digging the art galleries. Then he sails for a three-month tour of Europe. When he gets back, he hopes to direct an off-Broadway play or two, and study voice and diction on the side. That, he thinks, will be the most...
Unfortunately, only one singer, Robert Simon as the god, had sufficiently distinct diction. The rest of the cast was frequently unintelligible...
...cheek," he says. "You can't stand away from another actor and project, like you do on the stage." NBC Director Albert McCleery's biggest job was "pulling down" Evans' projection to TV size. Both men were brilliantly successful, and Evans' famed clarity of diction helped in making sense, to the untutored ear, of Shakespeare's soaring poetry. Sarah Churchill, in her first try at the role, made a surprisingly effective Ophelia, Joseph Schildkraut got pathos as well as villainy from the role of King Claudius, Ruth Chatterton was an adequate Queen Gertrude, Barry Jones...