Much thanks to Milton Justice for these priceless excerpts from Stella Adler's legendary Script Analysis class.
A New Act Unfolds in Drama DynastyWhen he has heard Stanley Kowalski bellow “Stella!” over the years in assorted productions of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Tom Oppenheim has wondered whether Tennessee Williams chose the name as an insider’s bouquet to Mr. Oppenheim’s grandmother Stella Adler, the teacher who instructed the definitive Stanley, Marlon Brando, in her version of the Method.
. . . Stella, an actress of aristocratic bearing, became a legend as a teacher, instructing or producing disciples who taught a top-drawer lineup: Robert De Niro, Warren Beatty, Harvey Keitel, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, Mark Ruffalo and Benicio Del Toro. (read article)
