Acting: The First Six Lessons

Richard Boleslavsky

ISBN 10: 0878300007 / ISBN 13: 9780878300006

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2003

About this Item

Acting - The First Six Lessons is a collection of essays by Richard Boleslavsky. Written in the form of a series of dialogues, these lessons aim to inform and instruct the budding actor on some of the basic principles of acting and learning to act. A novel approach to teaching acting techniques, this volume is highly recommended for novices and young actors or actresses looking to hone their abilities. Richard Boleslavsky (1889 - 1937) was a Polish theatre director, actor and teacher. Other notable works by this author include: The Way of the Lancer (1932), Lances Down (1932), and New Features in Acting (1935). Contents include: Richard Boleslavsky, Introduction, The First Lesson, The Second Lesson, The Third Lesson, The Fourth Lesson, The Fifth Lesson, and The Sixth Lesson. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Acting: The First Six Lessons
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878300007
• ISBN 13: 9780878300006
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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.

About 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.