Antedating of "Method Acting"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Tue Mar 15 02:38:41 UTC 2011


method acting (OED3 1958)

1956 _N.Y. Times_ 29 Apr. 131 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  Because she [Shelley Winters] and the other members of the fine cast seek authenticity, they continually startle the stagehands by their "method" acting.


Fred Shapiro

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