Act 2, Scene 1: Tally Ho, Hinkle, Harvey Flashcards
If this is Mr Thompson from the United press. He wants a word with you, so I’ll be on my way. You did great kid, congratulations!
Coming from you, Harvey, that means a great deal to me.
I really do appreciate it.
What can I do for you, Mr Thompson?
I must add my congratulations to your colleagues, miss harrington. You were superb.
Won’t you sit down? Do you mind if I take off my makeup? I have a date.
Go right ahead tell me Miss Harrington how long have you been in New york?
About a year. Why do you ask?
I want this interview with you for my column.
not particularly original but true things never are.
You really think I could be a star?
You certainly twinkled out there tonight. Tell me, how did you get this job?
I work for Miss Cran,
As a secretary 🤓
The stage manager mentioned that you were a fan of hers, used to hang around the stage door after night. One of those fanatic kids who goes to a show again and again.
Well it’s partly true.
Exchange 💱
I did see the play quite a few times.
You see 👀, I was never a real fanatic about Miss Crane.
I admire her, of course.
Who doesn’t?
But I’ve ALWAYS wanted to be a Broadway actress. I’ve acted in rep in the Middle West.
I knew you had to get someone to take an interest in you; so I pretended to be an ardent admirer of Ms Crane to attract her attention.
In other words you did a little off stage acting. That was very astute of you. Tell me more.
Well,
I persuaded😼a friend of hers to introduce me to her.
Then I became her secretary 🤓.
How did you wingle that?
Oh I dropped a few hints.
And then you finangled your way into the understudy. You really fooled her, didn’t you?
I wouldn’t put it like that.
I sort of edged 🐻 my way in when I saw an opportunity.
I was determined to get my foot 🦶👣 in a New York stage door🚪 SOMEHOW.
I don’t have to tell you that to get anywhere in this world 🌍🌎
you have to have influence;
know the right people.
Well marrying the boss’s daughter has always been the fastest way to get to the top.
(Ok)
Had you seen the play before?
Yes.
The whole situation seems to be more believable. Maybe age has something to do with it.
Well, I don’t want to be quoted, but Margo really is too old for Elizabeth. 🙄
Oh, she’s a superb technician. There’s nobody like her.
But technique isn’t everything.
It’s all on the surface.
I mean 5 to 10 years doesn’t seem like a big difference but I could really feel it,
THAT makes for reality.
I think one of the great faults of the theater today is the big name system. They put established actresses like Miss Crane in roles that should be played by FRESH 🍑 FACES.
That may be good business 🤑 but it doesn’t make for truth in the theater.
That rather sounds as if you’re a method actress, Miss Harrington
I think all actresses of talent have their own method. I believe a part should be played from the heart ❤️; not from the head 🧠. Tonight I tried to think myself into the soul of this girl.
I’ve studied Miss crane a lot, naturally.
Off the record, it seems to me as if you can predict exactly what she’s going to do next.
Acting should be more, adventurous:
One should live dangerously in one’s part. But within the framework of the play, of course.
One should respect the author.
One shouldn’t rewrite his lines.
Miss Crane does that all the time. I don’t believe in it. I think the whole art of acting is to bring the written lines to life.
To me, an author’s text is sacred 📖✝️🔯🕉️🕎🛐🕍🕌🕋☪️✡️☯️⛪🕡🎑
You mean Ben clyburn doesn’t change Tchaikovsky’s score?
Exactly.
And that’s what Miss crane does?
It’s the old🧓 fashioned method of acting she’s accustomed to.
In other words, she’s a ham.
Oh you are awful!
You know that’s not what I’m saying.
But I DO think that sometimes:
A star ✨ lives on her reputation after her Art’s gone a little stale 🥖.
