Synopses & Reviews
Acting: The First Six Lessons was first published in 1933 and remains a key text for anyone studying acting today. These dramatic dialogues between teacher and idealistic student explore the field of acting according to one of the original teachers of Stanislavsky 's System in America.
This new edition of an essential text is edited by Rhonda Blair and supplemented for the very first time with documents from the American Laboratory Theatre. These collect together a broad range of exciting unpublished material, drawn from Boleslavsky 's pivotal and unprecedented teachings on acting at the American Laboratory Theatre. Included are:
- The Creative Theatre Lectures by Richard Boleslavsky
- Boleslavsky 's Lectures from the American Laboratory Theatre
- Acting with Maria Ouspenskaya, four short essays on the work of Ouspenskaya, Boleslavsky 's colleague and fellow actor trainer
- A new critical introduction and bibliography by the Editor.
Synopsis
A key text for drama students today. These dramatic dialogues between the teacher and a The Creaturea (TM) a an idealistic student - explore the a crafta (TM) of acting according to one of the godfathers of method acting. The book also features Boleslavsky's lectures to The Creative Theatre and American Laboratory Theatre, as well as 'Acting with Maria Ouspenskaya', four short essays on the work of Ouspenskaya, his colleague and fellow actor trainer. This new edition is edited with a new introduction and bibliography by Rhonda Blair, author of The Actor, Image, and Action.