Some fragments that articulate ideas these notes have been trying to get at:
"Whatever you portray you should always portray
as if it were happening now."
as if it were happening now."
"At the same time express the fact that this instant
On your stage is often repeated"
"Nor should you let the Now blot out the
Previously and Afterwards, nor for that matter whatever
Is even now happening outside the theatre and is similar in kind
Nor even things that have nothing to do with it at all"
"So you should simply make the instant
Stand out, without in the process hiding
What you are making it stand out from."
"You should show what is; but also
In showing what is you should suggest what could be and is not
And might be helpful."
(Emphasis my own, quotes from 1976 Eyre Methuen edition)