Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23614 in Books
• Published on: 1990-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Synopsis
Taking readers step-by-step through the most basic acting exercises to critiques of performances in scenes from contemporary American plays, this volume follows a class of eight at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where Meisner has taught for fifty years.

Customer Reviews

This is a must-have book for anyone serious about acting
You will NOT read this book and come away a brilliant actor. Then again, no book can do that for you. You can only learn by doing, either in class or in a performance. With that in mind, this book is packed with incredible insights, some that are basic tips for the beginner, and others that will only be appreciated after years of performing and multiple readings. Sanford Meisner, one of the members of the famed Group Theatre in the 1920's, was one of American theatre's gems, and sitting in on a course of his, through this book, is the only way to capture some of that magic. A "must-have" for any serious actor's library.

Insightful and exhilarating!
Unlike Stanislavsky's "emotional recall," Meisner's approach is much more effective. Having been trained under Mr. Meisner's method, my confidence and emotional accessibility has increased 100%. In short, I've accepted his creed, "to live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances of the theater," as my own.

Brilliant.
Acting is about doing. It's not an intellectual theory without practice and this book clearly shows the actor that simple and brilliant truth. Do it.