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| Sanford Meisner on Acting | 
 enlarge | Author: Dennis Longwell
Publisher: Vintage Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 6520
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0394750594
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.028
EAN: 9780394750590
Publication Date: June 1, 1990
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 Best read for REAL Meisner students August 6, 1999
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
When you're in the training, read this. Otherwise you just won't get it. And as Sandy says, it takes 20 years to become and actor. Some book ain't gonna do it for you. So get this book if you are studying the technique. Kudos to those of you who have the 2nd generation Meisner teachers (those who ACTUALLY studied with Sandy, and aren't just making the stuff up). This is a great tool
 Meisner's technique is not right for everyone. July 14, 1999
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
Of course, no single acting technique can be right for every aspiring performer, but I must say that I personally found Meisner's book to be condescending and ineffective. The author seems to subtract the most essential aspects of art from the process of creating a character: imagination, creativity, and humanity. These are the trademarks of my "technique." Like any art, performing is 2% inspiration and 98% perspiration. I am a good actor, but not because of this book. Hard work, dedication, practice, and sheer will power make an actor believable.
Insightful and exhilarating! February 9, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Unlike Stanislavsky's "emotional recall," Meisner's approach is much more effective. Having been trained under Mr. Meisner's method, my confidence and emotional accessibility has increased 100%. In short, I've accepted his creed, "to live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances of the theater," as my own.
This is a must-have book for anyone serious about acting June 25, 1998
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
You will NOT read this book and come away a brilliant actor. Then again, no book can do that for you. You can only learn by doing, either in class or in a performance. With that in mind, this book is packed with incredible insights, some that are basic tips for the beginner, and others that will only be appreciated after years of performing and multiple readings. Sanford Meisner, one of the members of the famed Group Theatre in the 1920's, was one of American theatre's gems, and sitting in on a course of his, through this book, is the only way to capture some of that magic. A "must-have" for any serious actor's library.
Brilliant. June 14, 1997
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Acting is about doing. It's not an intellectual theory without practice and thisbook clearly shows the actor that simple and brilliant truth. Do it.
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