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Barely 18 years old Monty plays Andre in Pat Collinge’s Dame Nature. Pat noticed Clift was extremely creative.
“He’d invent bits of business or character details that were sometimes offbeat or strange. I’m still reminded of Camus’s phrase ‘create dangerously’ when I think of Monty’s acting because he was starting to make unorthodox acting choices even then. There is one long speech in the play where Clift tries to explain to his father how his loneliness and unhappiness had forced him to seek affection from an equally lonely girl. Monty’s performance was heart rending. It was so quiet and sincere that it seemed almost non theatrical, except underneath the controlled tone was an absolutely compelling sense of torment.”
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after 3 previous junior roles, Dame Nature was considered Clift’s breakout performance - at just 18 he started making a name for himself on Broadway more major roles would follow.
“He’d invent bits of business or character details that were sometimes offbeat or strange. I’m still reminded of Camus’s phrase ‘create dangerously’ when I think of Monty’s acting because he was starting to make unorthodox acting choices even then. There is one long speech in the play where Clift tries to explain to his father how his loneliness and unhappiness had forced him to seek affection from an equally lonely girl. Monty’s performance was heart rending. It was so quiet and sincere that it seemed almost non theatrical, except underneath the controlled tone was an absolutely compelling sense of torment.”
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after 3 previous junior roles, Dame Nature was considered Clift’s breakout performance - at just 18 he started making a name for himself on Broadway more major roles would follow.