Sanford Meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country. This book follows one of his acting classes for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, it is essential reading for beginning and professional actors alike.Throughout these pages Meisner is a delight always empathizing with his students and urging them onward, provoking emotion, laughter, and growing technical mastery from his charges.
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