Meisner in Practice: A Guide for Actors, Directors and Teachers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848420870 ISBN 13: 9781848420878

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2013

A step-by-step introduction to the key features of the Meisner Technique, including a full set of practical exercises.

The Meisner Technique is at the forefront of actor training today: with its radical simplicity it has the power to reconnect actors with their bodies and emotions.

Developed by the teacher and actor Sanford Meisner, the technique places emphasis on truthful interaction between actors. The aim is for the actor to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances’ to remain truly in the moment’.

In Meisner in Practice, Nick Moseley offers actors a step-by-step introduction to the salient features of the technique, and puts these to the test through a succession of increasingly challenging practical exercises. He also addresses certain pitfalls and problems that he has encountered over many years of teaching Meisner in drama schools.

This book will be of immense value to students, teachers and practitioners in exploring a technique that is becoming increasingly recognized as a core element of actor training.

About the Author:

Nick Moseley worked as an actor before teaching drama in secondary school, and then in Drama Schools, first at Italia Conti and latterly at Central School, where he is Senior Lecturer, Acting. He is the author of Acting and Reacting – Tools for the Modern Actor.

Review:

"A fascinating and detailed breakdown of [the Meisner Technique], with excellent examples from the author's own experience of teaching and directing actors... a really excellent book." - Teaching Drama Magazine
"A very accessible introduction to Meisner's methodology... particularly enlightening." - The Stage


"A fascinating and detailed breakdown of [the Meisner Technique], with excellent examples from the author's own experience of teaching and directing actors... a really excellent book." - Teaching Drama Magazine
"A very accessible introduction to Meisner's methodology... particularly enlightening." - The Stage