The End of Acting or The Age of the Über-Marionette
“Acting is not an art. It is therefore incorrect to speak of the actor as an artist. For accident is an enemy of the artist. Art is the exact antithisis of Pandimonium, and Pandimonium is created by the tumbling together of many accidents; Art arrives only by design. Therefore in order to make any work of art it is clear we may only work in those materials with which we can calculate. Man is not one of these materials.”
— Edvard Gordon Craig, The Actor And The Über-Marionette, 1906
— Edvard Gordon Craig, The Actor And The Über-Marionette, 1906
“Macbeth shall never vanquished be until
Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill
Shall come against him.”
— William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill
Shall come against him.”
— William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth
“Looking down on empty streets
All she can see
Are the dreams all made solid
Are the dreams made real
All of the buildings
All of the cars
Were once just a dream
In somebody′s head”
— Peter Gabriel, Mercy Street
All she can see
Are the dreams all made solid
Are the dreams made real
All of the buildings
All of the cars
Were once just a dream
In somebody′s head”
— Peter Gabriel, Mercy Street
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