Episode Details

We all talk about actors who use the Method, but do we really understand what that means? And how exactly has the Method changed the way we take in drama? In this episode, Jacke talks to theater expert Isaac Butler about his book The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act. And in a special bonus, Isaac also tells Jacke about the Shakespeare variant known as "Bad Hamlet."

Additional listening suggestions:

• 338 Finding Yourself in Hollywood (with Meg Tilly)
• 288 The Triumph of Broadway (with Michael Riedel)
• 374 Ancient Plays and Contemporary Theater - A New Version of Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy (with Bryan Doerries)
• The Best of the Bard: Top 10 Greatest Lines in Shakespeare

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