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re: When the author leaves town a few days after previews started

Posted by:	NewtonUK 11:29 am EST 11/02/15
In reply to:	When the author leaves town a few days after previews started - dramedy 11:23 am EST 11/02/15

SO before we jump to conclusions and bash everyone involved in CHINA DOLL - previews start, Pacino has line problems. FAir enough for the author (he's not directing the play) to not be around for a few days, or a week - until there is something more secure to look at to figure out if there are problems to fix. That said, Mamet doesnt strike me as a big rewriter during previews. He is a playwright (perhaps not in the same class) like Pinter, carefully crafting language in his personal mode, weaving a story our of it all. Then its the director and actors' job to mine the text for performances and a show. Its also good to NOT see every preview - if writer or director - to be sure you don't start fixing what isn't broken. What IS broken you only have to see once.

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