What Every Actor Should Bring to Rehearsal

An Actor Prepares	Stanislavski spent most of his life observing actors, and codifying what worked. In a sense, he created modern American acting, although a lot of American actors think it's all about intensity. Shame on them. These three books are set in an acting class with a master teacher, following a student as he learns the art and craft of acting. Nothing funny in here, huh? Don't mess with Stanislavski, man. What is he, a sports star?
	Building a Character	The master class continues. Stanislavski brings us through the theatrical education of his young, clumsy alter ego who is being taught by his elderly, well-seasoned alternate persons. What, he's teaching himself? Science fiction. Cool. Go read a book, Steve.
This asparagus smells like pee.		Creating a Role	In the third of the series on the system of acting that Stanislavski spent his life discovering and codifying, he dispenses with the fictional classroom and characters and lays out the continuing theory and practical ways of putting it into use.
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I disagree with a lot of what Uta Hagen teaches, but I so love her passion for the art of acting that I think any actor who is serious about it should read this book. Yup, you're gay. You should read it, too, big guy.			Thank you for calling me a sycophant.
	Respect for Acting If a mime had the chills, could anyone tell?	Acting: The First Six Lessons by Richard Boleslavsky
			One of Stanislavski's disciples. A practical guide to acting.
If you ate sand would you "make" glass?	My Life in Art	Stanislavski's autobiography, in which he set out how he came upon what the Group Theatre insisted on calling the Method. Who wrote it? Sam Gooding.
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