Antedating of "Method Acting"

[Dan Goncharoff]

A curious antedating, since the phrase "The Method" is older;

For example, a snippet view from Time in 1954:
"Actress Kim Stanley, 29, belongs to a growing school of young stage people
(Marlon Brando, *Julie Harris*, Geraldine Page) whose particular brand of
acting is laughingly called The *Method."*
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On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>wrote:

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> method acting (OED3 1958)
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> 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.
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> Fred Shapiro
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