True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor

Mamet, David; David Mamet

ISBN 10: 0679442499 / ISBN 13: 9780679442493

Published by Vintage Books/ A Division of Random House, Inc., New York, 1999

About this Item

127 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Seller Inventory # 1FislDb0048

Bibliographic Details

• Title: True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
• Publisher: Vintage Books/ A Division of Random House, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679442499
• ISBN 13: 9780679442493
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Chin-Yee Lai (Cover Design); Brigitte Lacombe (Cover Photo)
• Edition: 1st Vintage Books Edition
• Printing: 9th Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theatre, Plays, Drama, Screenplays, Acting, etc.
  • Theatre, American Theatre & Drama
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research

About this title

Synopsis

Argues that the techniques taught in acting school, and in particular the famous Stanislavsky Method, mislead aspiring actors, and suggests ways for performers to remain true to the characters they present

About the Author

David Mamet was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross. His acclaimed plays and screenplays include Speed-the-Plow, American Buffalo, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and The Verdict, for which he received an Academy Award nomination.