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Thursday, August 18, 2022

Wallace Shawn on reading plays: ‘the written play has its own music’ by Wallace Shawn

The actor, playwright and Princess Bride star is also an essayist. Here, he explains why reading dialogue away from its performance has a magic of its own On the one hand, there’s somethin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37AM
Monday, May 25, 2015

Why I Call Myself a Socialist: Is the World Really a Stage? by Wallace Shawn

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:58PM
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