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Acting: The First Six Lessons (Theatre Arts Book)

by Richard Boleslavsky

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Publisher Comments:

This classic work on acting is one of the very few that stands beside Stanislavsky as a must-have for all acting students and professionals. Richard Boleslavsky's Acting: The First Six Lessons is a treasure-box of wise observations about the art of acting, all wrapped up in six charming dialogues between a teacher and a student. Generations of actors have been enriched by Boleslavsky's witty and acute picture of the actor's craft. These six lessons — miniature dramas about concentration, memory of emotion, dramatic action, characterization, observation, and rhythm — distill the challenge facing every actor. For this reissue the text has been entirely reset and the book jacketed in a contemporary design. An essential work on the short shelf of any acting student.

For actors by an actor of rare subtlety and imagination; for directors by a brilliant versatile director. Richard Boleslavsky's knowledge of the theatre was based on wide experience. A member of the Moscow Art Theatre and director of its First Studio, he worked in Russia, Germany and America as actor, director and teacher. On Broadway, he produced plays and musical comedies and he was a leading Hollywood director.

Synopsis:

For actors by an actor of rare subtlety and imagination; for directors by a brilliant versatile director. Richard Boleslavsky's knowledge of the theatre was based on wide experience. A member of the Moscow Art Theatre and director of its First Studio, he worked in Russia, Germany and America as actor, director and teacher. On Broadway, he produced plays and musical comedies and he was a leading Hollywood director.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780878300006
Subtitle:
The First Six Lessons
Author:
Boleslavsky, Richard
Introduction:
Isaacs, Edith J. R.
Publisher:
Routledge Chapman & Hall
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Study and teaching
Subject:
Acting & Auditioning
Subject:
Theater - Stagecraft
Subject:
Acting
Copyright:
Series:
Theatre Arts Book
Publication Date:
January 1987
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
138
Dimensions:
7.76x5.20x.69 in. .56 lbs.

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