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Acting Lessons

John D Robinson

Probably for egotistical
reasons and
out of curiosity I enrolled into
a series of evening ‘drama
classes’.
the tutor was an ancient
working stage actress;
once young and
beautiful and ambitious
and now she was tired
and proud and elegant
and held a wonderful
presence before her
group of 20 students
ages from 18 – 80;
and there were some
students who seriously
took themselves as the
next James Dean or
Montgomery Clift or
Marilyn or Hepburn;
other students were there
because they couldn’t
think of anything else to
do and some of us were there
with no expectations at all;
one night the aged
tutor asked
“What is absolutely
essential to being considered
a quality actor?”
‘Good looks?’
‘Method?’
‘A good memory?’
‘Commitment?’
and the tutor shook
her head;
‘Research?’
‘A distinctive voice?’
‘Knowledge?’
‘Adaptability?’
‘A privileged upbringing?’
the tutor again shook her head.
‘Imagination?’ I offered
out of boredom;
‘Yes’ the ancient tutor
screamed into the hall,
‘with imagination
EVERYTHING is
possible’
I was the star pupil of
the night acting classes
and I had the
imagination
thereafter,
never to attend again.



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