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The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique by Damon DiMarco, William Esper

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aemowers's review against another edition

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5.0

Still the best acting book out there, hands down.

catrayhill's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

rosiecsilva's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

The Meisner technique is utterly interesting (and useful) for actors who want to improve their craft. What I loved about this book is how it is structured. It’s simple and easy to imagine the actors practicing the exercises and notice the improvement week by week. However, this is not the key to master the technique. It’s a good approach to understand the method only. It is, as well, a reminder that acting is undisputedly complex as it takes many years to oil the machine.

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4.0

This was so much closer to my natural acting technique than I thought it would be. There were so many things about emotional truth that resonated with me. I loved the format of the book as different sessions in a class, working your way through in an orderly fashion, creating building blocks. Certainly thought provoking.