The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
- ISBN-10
- 030727926X
- ISBN-13
- 9780307279262
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 286
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Authors
- William Esper, Damon Dimarco
Description
A masterful introduction to the actor's craft presents a series of rigorous but flexible exercises, based on the Meisner Technique of acting, designed to help actors deal with a wide variety of performance challenges. Original. 15,000 first printing.
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