Acting: The First Six Lessons (Theatre Arts Book Series)

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Overview

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 observation 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.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780878300006
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
  • Publication date: 1/28/1987
  • Series: A Theatre Arts Book Ser.
  • Pages: 152
  • Product dimensions: 5.20 (w) x 7.76 (h) x 0.69 (d)

Meet the Author

Richard Boleslavsky was a member of the Moscow Art Theater and cofounder of the American Laboratory Theater School, which trained Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler among other actors and teachers, playing an important role in bringing Stanislavsky's techniques to America. Although he directed Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s, his enduring work is contained in this book.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
The First Lesson: Concentration 1
The Second Lesson: Memory of Emotion 19
The Third Lesson: Dramatic Action 45
The Fourth Lesson: Characterization 65
The Fifth Lesson: Observation 95
The Sixth Lesson: Rhythm 113
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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 19, 2007

    A must read for any serious actor

    If you're genuinely interested in learning how to act, this book will help you if you take it at it's word.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 14, 2006

    Developing your craft as you've never seen before.

    I was required to read this book for my Acting I class. Shelley Russell is an exceptional professional actress/professor. This woman has chosen this read for us, because it's a basic guide to develop one's ability to act. The advice the I-Teacher in the book gave to Creature-Young Actress, was honest, straight to the point, and realistic. If you want to be an actor, you have to read this book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 11, 2003

    The MOST AMAZING book ever!!

    I just read this book, and it puts all that I learned this summer at camp into perspective. It's a short read, but a priceless source of information. I am so thrilled to have stumbled across it in my local library. It is a must read for any actress/actor!

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