te
15,
ENDOWMENT
bly is dhe Hast exercise you will really enjoy work
ing on. Ht contains the esence of make-believe, and in is
simples fans how 40 co er
1 bailing te
Sirah andy wr biter wesicie-even emt, if you
hes bons ho emave makeup without cll cream of sap
Tow to shave witha a blade; hw to evo oF Dae without
Ia: ow to eat anased ptatoes and butter without geting,
fe; hoor treme seemingly sodden elxbing win hay
ig been inthe rin, te
Read Chapter 5 “Sense Meaory,” and then, forthe
pose uf the enfowient exercise, fin ciewustanees under
faith yon woul he seating wit tangibte objects whi
ot he
nent i
two Rave toe nosed wit properties that shox
eat on stage, For example, take a cup of water
‘with dhe property of steaming lt eollee. Dot just think i's
Tho Tt eval hot, 35 yo Lng, toa yo, Yo ull ack.
slightly Irom the steam, hose you eateflly blow amt pull
nets the tp of een to eo the cole, bust you gendy
test the rim of the exe wits your Tips before sipping 2 few
‘os an ginger letting the Tages on yout tongue for
a second before allowing itt sie dawn. your throat, ow
our eyes pall shut a you seltow an your mous opens
ont eatale and chem take a air €0 etl your mouth. Su
Tent, that cup of cold water becomes hot caflee and stays
dae ay
Ting not even want to apply real lipstick on stage,
‘because with nervous hands on an opening might ic cout 5p
ter the edge of my mouth, IF here is no room in my sage
tion for geting cold cream aul tistes and Fes power to
ep te damage, would rather endow « model, pati
Tiptick with color ad geeasines as Ytetch my Lips aeaey
ale np) nd smear iton evenly.
[Eycinember seeing the final dress rear of play in
whieh lover yas walking ont on his mistes. During the
ots of the ation, she halt posh hisses a one way of
preventing his leaving her, The ates was wearing pra
fay dress and the soe polish war Mack As she Kel on she
Hor, a shoe in one Baa, the clot et plist in he oe
the ean of Mack pola on the Hor iv front of he, she wat
frying and pening wih hin vo sty wt he. Soon she Had
fobs of pis on her face, hands and all over her gray
fustime. Te was aie valine except For one thing. At the
fen of the scene the eutain as wet fr only second
Sud rose again for the next scene whic tok place fee dys
Tater. Ter eustuine aad Face were sll covered with Mack I
fottowiog pesforinances, the hse of the soe pols am was
fpinted black, without reat polish i aud dhe actress ha
Found the covtect behavior of working wth it he Tah and
the soe, stat uot aly she Bat the uence believed she
deasactly sing real pols.
In The Farewell Supper by Ate Sebmitle, once ba
to eat an enormons fivecourse gourmet meal om stage eight
vies a week, Teall dhe food at licen really a8 specie, T
wl have been able to eat ti he ime span of my stage
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PHE ACTOR
{205 tcl asnnption dat every fntercste
Sten yn, Wha wk for ahaa ait
sty th we an onl nave, "Wak ora gs
Re ,
ober the susie when the healache esse ot whet
hilt youself ory tl dhe tet Feaves and even the
[Lat yaar ner teases as you ease the pai
Use ttinique-seratling lea senso ad a
ing psa asin tallest apc taany
Conon yo ye allen to play. "Theaecumalatn
‘fa Meine f sonstnns sl ent with ney
echnique to sere no any
‘ion of conditions dane hy the playuright. Even if We
ste tn pontiay pregnancy ofa and tet fa tay.
sr alle upon to hate onstnnptun or heat attack, a
ath, or any sensation which, eneept fa
ve hope we went cver experience, we ea ail
fo ern within aud eons we apply these principles,
fovple wih a Hite research on the mia manifestation
‘he anition. Use the bnontedge af subaitin t bv,
itis p hea en
10 Camille
veaered less fons tw mie
‘ol snp for a feeling fase tase you hae
seve a ik dhe mt who you asp we
the mtaie “Hof iain he te
lying I Hwee flab
nine have Steen expe bp yo
fia yur yay fr ay sety pre whieh ght arte for
a
Tet me wat ya of se ner
sfonngs i the wae of ee menor. Fhe seat het
I headache, cumkennes, saws, aml live ce ate
”
sonulions ofthe scene; racy fs he sete abun the cob ot
the heath. he dacovery of the sensations ul I ey
inte you tere tection yuu ain tatly
in the scene, sal with sensory aecuary aud faith, but it
Stoo the Una nn js toe ui or have dat hear ot
Furthermore, yw ate tating the esations-they are
sue itt, yon. Vou il have de seston to Cre the
icin tt hat they wil ake over ad pt yea nto
fool kn Tie wit hi At ane state tht i dagen
hnplcsant sensory contin exists Tor Yow i yuu eal Hie
tthe sme tne that yar starter should age i stage,
wt natal os yon ae rally ansete ae Lint of
Taving 1 te eaten you alae ile, simply oi he
fenton or he eatin ty Ive Be rng dw, 1 yom
realy Ivers hice over Jue right ey, work fora heat
tle at the hc of your head, etheree te ze hele
may take over and put yo ont of carol nai to fl
Wn sage tile. Hot ane to he ei, ca get dk: 4 be
eal or he play wll tune into setting her than he
Thy sammation, IoC me state the epiion tat a eontecty
fuctioming acon shld, ieally, he the taliet, least
nero ence oy ea, since he pati is emotinal
inl enon lie ey expressing i oe ae arse poy
Ihe is employed in the theser, he bas an oppovehn
Inaking me of his amaieties, tis, pent up tennerness
Avongh an antic expres, T think chat_pevhape he
feople who call my neuvatic or vain or exbubitionistie ate
foateare how iy tented arts ate that yay only Becase
they ae within work oppartnnitis, and hetefoe release
thete eel for expression i all oe nivexsnle Hel
jan_or perhaps these people ave jeatows tit when we a
hs wa they oy deee
PILE OJECT EXERCISES
tie, 1 woul have gained ten pls 2 week: al probably
Ieee sickens nt matince days What was subst
toc forthe onl Tonk ike amc amore that Ht 938, wa
fweher ie, Fanti to ling. Knowing the oa
‘rated veld or eating, npg al yup aa brought
tea ru of appae ae Te inthe tal dsseet of
‘hipgetcseam srte (really une of yogurt)
‘ny sens ell for sewing and theeating needles. ty
vw, Vk forward useing them performed by am ines
pevcncel ator becuse Tha Tat Lar sone cone ei
he pane tic set oat she takes tat sual were and
fine si ave, emp get the trend,
onl the ny ey, bw he dnc sats aa nots pad
Ian she lly ems petting ae panning sewi
Ieeause she never enul get i theca ave quite predictable
Mapai be evel at mutt aged
Sho ines the then tee in iy il tes
Cou a ons ms se i ote
Vl en he iea aeny oth
te Ona fae ta he
yj whi canoe Be tale an cone
Metin expt oo hese i and aly at
the eye ofthe ne
or otherwise did damage to yell oF were us hy someone
the.
Tt wherever am ubjet isnt physical geo, the
ets ay, vith
tulshing yor mail (real nail peal on tape could chee a
sj hz Hi spel or gol os your Haas) First, relly
pols you ss, aa hen tke a typ hotle with is Le
Dros an ce you eae reconstret te behavior of crelly
and evelysmwothing te poison one ws il yon
faich belict that, by elle, you Wil blow om your mals 1
fake sure they avery, am you wil ne the next weet
‘eicately fo fea of envi the polish
or your exercise, fil at
cow with physical ptopertcs whic would there cut
oyu Yon aay also eno dhs pyelologialy, but the
tmplanis shld weston he physical Avoid pannniaing the
betsy Hat Tac fy ake a ei en se a
‘py lats aa shen worry alot how fae (4p, oF wa
Stal svalloing ike. Pl the plas with water aud exw
seme dinesied bone, stat experimenting
1 thie tangible objects
the water with whatever properties you Heel dxongh ese
tnemry ad msc adjstaent
"A sent ocasivnally inks Hf all dee emlewed objet
stk eng teeter: vin, hey ust elon to yo
fete aml legal set of cictmatances, I, for iste,
dow objceive isto ty to pepare splenic ow ye
overs at yon fave fa col atthe ie, eles Me for
‘hjects to endow will imeiately occur to yoo, rnsrsted
twit foat yon are preparing, ha yon il ca io at
Tahat implements pont wll need for ity a well as al the
‘Sheets you may wee ew contd your cok, fea vaporizes to
those drops to mcine and chest rls, ast ty give the
tijete variation 0 sat al ce don't wove tasting oral
the dnt have uo do wih Iorting yourself, ete. When youhe
THE OnjECT EXERCISES
uduwients oF the inva objets, pve
Pomel! fully to the wee foe futilling your abjecve eae
{thin oe cients in ere avo ply joan
somlowed ebjeet to the ether while checking ane
aeewacy of your execution, When the erence ade
Presentation, you should have fn such ts tn ove,
tian yu hl ate ae that they are endow. Tey
show be whally therefor yu
‘uy object we deal with, once it hasbeen made patie
Yel be parcally endowed. IT cam enous dil bate
HA sharpness. 1 can alo endow ie further by giving tea
Uwstory which wll dictate even how F pick it py tthe kad
wa a gilt fom someone Tadore who Liows Love teerak
and 1 an avate that i came from Hamacher Shleneg
anil pwotably east about twenty dollar will hood
sllercniy thaw it psicalty have to deat with the sleet
endow i with Raving been bonight at Wealth,
fen yats ago, which by accident tamed at to be
anil became my favre ol euting es
tose, which may be way or plastic stage, mast he now
walle quite dlerenity dealt with iti ts rom the or
Dan which Lyset grew ri somone I ave gave tee
or if cs from someone Tiletet who presented hve ee
tater a wo We cn ad soul care or lon eah sje
that we del wih, not ony o stimulate our aye ant
$enses but again wo fatm how these clemects comico a
{emsequctt actions so that when we have to aiake selocdy
for the characters actions in a play, we have desoreeei ny
"he areas we muse draw om ta make the veesion
Almost nothing in our characte’ lite is what iba we
‘ust make itso! We endow the given cirmtances on oe
‘toracter, our relationship to others inthe play the pees
hes we weit, All
fh bjt we deal with, inching she
endowed with the phase, psycsagien ees
im ote to set richly
tional properties which we wa
Jntoaction from mosent ta moment
And so the example of taraiay an apple into an onion
can be a beginning af eomprchending tat by tas, one
thing into another or by supplying ssing vai, ations
tmay become sharper daw sus, aul that realty ean be
heightened instead of ondary. I hecoes dsl esti,
and that is what Fle about i
Now, yt are halvay thiogh the exer yo have
ten Sctalysebearing and preening then fr Seo
ren ht tre one
Screg by rods. Hy tow, yon ate moubuly
Just rhensing ding te hours you sete or the one
est ae “rehearing alo evry ty. Tt pet
4 oven dor witht noting Ho my heat ps ac
Angle trom the et IT manga eleon els ata
tue is marking che fre wall Fn as Secny sak
rele Iiavior becomes momentarily conse Tn seo
hat bro me ito arnt ot int the ee. Ad th
snow anni prt eli that Tn el bt ea
1 mn air. The pape in easing
the ens var
Sporstancore
Habits of settotesvation, im istovet
ions of ehavior whieh accur from day to day is not to
cally but
luce this hela nel
reproduce
To find what inner and outer objects 1 get involved
with under the given circumstances, and why T deal
with hem,
2. To learn that Ido release my payhotogica an emo
‘onal life physically by contacting something ele
a