Acting: The First Six Lessons (Theatre Arts Book) by Richard Boleslavsky Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Acting: The First Six Lessons (Theatre Arts Book)
Book Review: Valuable and readable
Summary: 5 Stars
Boleslavsky was one of Konstantin Stanislavski's foremost disciples and, through the founding of the American Lab Theatre, as responsible as anyone for bringing Stanislavski to the attention of American theatre people. This book is remarkable both for its cogent commentary on the acting process and for being even more readable than Stanislavski's own books. The chapters on observation and rhythm are especially valuable.The one downside is that some readers might find the "I" character overbearing (calling the student "The Creature" is rather arrogant, after all), and some readers may not be able to get past the sexism of the time at which the book was written.
For all this, however, this is to my mind the best single introductory book on acting anywhere.
Book Review: Within the parenthes
Summary: 5 Stars
From memory, a long way back; fantistic approach! Fantistically simple that is! Deceptively so! Would that all info., came similarly packaged. Buy it and devour it! And yes, all is 'within the parenthes'. Wish I'd thought of it!Book Review: Worst book to ever buy
Summary: 1 Stars
This book does not give helpful hints...It is written by some crazy man who refers to his reader as "creature" and he talks to himself....I prefer Acting Games : Improvisations and Exercises ISBN: 0916260925 to this one.Book Review: better than Stanislavski
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is probably the best guide to acting. It tells you how to achieve your successes through the work of an acting teacher and his disciple. Although at times it may seem demeaning toward the actor, if you recall your earlier days in acting you probably wish someone could have just said this stuff to you. I am a college student (BFA Music Theatre) and by far this has been my greatest source of information to this point.