<p>THE STORY: Beginning with rudimentary exercises in self-expression, the Teacher has his three students (two actors, one actress) become plants opening forth to the sun, and then various trees with their characteristic natures. From this they go on to depict children playing with imaginary toys-and falling into the pouts and tantrums to which such activity so often leads. And then comes a more complex situation. Both actors are to be young lovers proposing marriage to the actress, and each is to follow the same script-with the final lines left blank. They are free to vary their style of delivery to fit their feelings, putting as much as possible of their own personalities into their playing, with the final decision as to who will be accepted left to the actress to improvise. The last lesson is for the actors to play the most difficult roles of all-themselves. One of them reaches a point of true self-understanding. The others flounder-but in their failure is a greater lesson, and one which infuses the play with a significance and dramatic tension sure to affect actors and audience alike.</p>

The Acting Lesson. (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

Literature & Fiction

Willard Simms

Simms, Willard

Dramas & Plays

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<p>THE STORY: Filled with a numbing sense of discontent about the purpose of his life and the tedium of his job at the travel agency, Jack tells his fiancee that they must get away from it all, find a sanctuary in the mountains, recapture the feeling of oneness with nature. Perhaps, Mary Anne suggests, he should just change jobs, try for a managerial position with a larger salary. (Which, of course, shows how little she comprehends the import of what he is trying to say.) And yet a gentle embrace, a kiss, the promise of greater delights to come-and suddenly the impracticality of it all dawns on the male mind. Why not a better job? If you're committed in the right direction, doesn't it make the waiting easier? Whatever you say, agrees Mary Anne sweetly, as she mulls over what kind of furniture to buy with their riches to come.</p>

Two's a Crowd.

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The Acting Lesson. (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

Two's a Crowd.