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Title: The art of acting and public reading; dramatic interpretation
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Tallcott, Rollo Anson, b. 1884
Subjects: Acting Elocution Reading
Publisher: Indianapolis : The Bobbs-Merrill company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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t it repre-sents for the entertainer the point of departure fromthe use of properties and all stage accessories, whilefor the artist it represents the point of departure fromthe use of color. The Actor is likened to the Painter in that each doeshis work as realistically as possible. The Actor withall stage accessories does his work through actingwith action and characterization complete in every es-sential detail, first, in the play with fellow actors, andsecond, in the Soliloquy, a slightly less realistic andmore imaginative selection in its purpose, alone onthe stage. The Painter by the use of color does hiswork through painting with realistic representation ofnatures colors, form and perspective first, in DetailedArt, and second, in Impressionistic Art, which isslightly less realistic and more imaginative in its pur-pose. In the actors art the key-note is the primarynecessity for scene, properties and stage effects, whilethe key-note for the painters art is the necessity lo.rcolor.
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INTRODUCTION Passing to the right of the dividing line in thediagram, the Reader, who always works alone, zvith-out the aid of make-up, properties or stage accessoriesof any kind, does his work in three ways, namely,through personating, through impersonative readingor through pure reading, while the Illustrator, with-out the use of color, does his work in three ways,namely, through light and shade draiving, throughbroad lines in caricature and through detail line draw-ings. The reader in personating recognizes the key-note, literal action, while the illustrator recognizes ashis key-note in light and shade drawing, the necessityfor perfectly blended high lights and shadows, perfectform and perfect perspective. For both the readerand the illustrator this is a step toward suggestion anda step away from realism and attention to detail. Thereader in impersonative reading departs from literalaction and retains only vocal and facial characteriza-tion in recognizing the key-note, comedy or ec

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