FACTUAL
Method Acting
Saturday 5 July 2008 10:30-11:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Lenny Henry questions the iconic status of people or things held dear by many.
Lenny goes to New York, where stands the legendary Actors' Studio, the space created in 1947 by Lee Strasberg and others to provide a safe place for some of the world's greatest actors - often the biggest Hollywood stars of their generation - to come and practise their art. Seeking enlightenment from such stars as Ellen Burstyn and experts and aficionados, Lenny tests his reservations about The Method and finds that when he actually has a go it's not quite as unconvincing as he at first thought.
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