To return a moment to the problem of color: illusion is frequently lost through a failure to adjust the shade of the high-light and shadow to the tone of the foundation grease paint, or natural complexion. The commonest offence is the use of an unmixed, unblended slate for shadows, and white, and high-lights, whether the underlying color be florid, sallow, pink, or pale flesh. The result of such treatment is merely paint.
The whole art of making-up is still hide-bound by tradition, because of stupid ideals which persist in the minds of those whose business it is to direct, as well as many in the acting profession itself.
INDEX
INDEX
"ALCESTIS", [4]
Aristophanes, [5]
Art adviser, [17]
"Art of Being Bored, The", [48]
Quoted, [53], [54]-57
Stage grouping of, [54]-57
"As You Like It", [2]
BACKGROUNDS, [106]-107
Barker, Granville, [6]
Belasco, David, [89], [106]
"Blocking out", [24], [61]
Example of, [24]-33
"Blue Bird, The", [108]
"Box sets", [82], [89], [91], [100]
"Brignol and His Daughter", Setting for, [102], [103]
Business manager, Duties of, [11]-12, [14]