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1 Ben Brantley, “How Mark Rylance Becomes Olivia on Stage”, New York Times, August 14, 2016.
2 Lajos Egri, The Art of Dramatic Writing (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1946).
3 Please note that we have slightly modified Mr. Egri’s original paradigm.
4 Absence of Malice (1981): written by Kurt Luedtke, directed and produced by Sydney Pollack. The film starred Paul Newman, Sally Fields, and Melinda Dillon.
5 This scene was given to me by one of my students several years ago. I have searched the Internet but haven’t been able to identify the author. I would like to be able to give him/her credit, as we use this scene often. It provides some wonderful challenges for actors to deal with in order to develop their characters.
6 Michael Shurtleff, Audition (New York: Bantam Books, 1980).
7 Lantana (2001): produced by Jan Chapman.
8 Longtime Companion (1989): written by Craig Lucas, directed by Norman Rene, produced by Stan Wlodkowski, Lydia Dean Pilcher and Lindsay Law.
9 Carol (2015): screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, directed by Todd Haynes, produced by Christine Vachon and Elizabeth Karlsen.
10 La La Land (2016): directed by Damian Chazelle, produced by Fred Berger, Black Label Media, Summit Entertainment and Marc Platt Productions.
11 Shurtleff, Audition.
12 The Thomas Crown Affair (1968): produced by Hal Ashby and Norman Jewison. This scene remained virtually intact in the second (1999) version.
13 Body Heat (1981): produced by Fred T. Gallo.
14 Georgia (1995): produced by Ben Barenholtz, Amanda DiGiulio, Ulu Grosbard, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Barbara Turner.
15 Shurtleff, Audition.
16 Shurtleff, Audition.