{"product_id":"a-practical-handbook-for-the-actor-9780394744124","title":"A Practical Handbook for the Actor","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor anyone who has ever wanted to take an acting class, \u003cb\u003e\"this is the best book on acting written in the last twenty years\" (David Mamet, from the Introduction).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. H. Macy, and director Gregory Mosher. A Practical Handbook for the Actor is written for any actor who has ever experienced the frustrations of acting classes that lacked clarity and objectivity, and that failed to provide a dependable set of tools. An actor's job, the authors state, is to \"find a way to live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances of the play.\" The ways in which an actor can attain that truth form the substance of this eloquent book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa Bruder\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLee Michael Cohn\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMadeleine Olnek\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Pollack\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRobert Previto\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eScott Zigler\u003c\/b\u003e are actors who worked with David Mamet and W. H. Macy at New York University and at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Members of the Practical Aesthetics Workshop, they helped found the Atlantic Theatre Company with Mamet and Macy in 1985.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617737576722,"sku":"9780394744124","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9c06c234-bd4a-4ffc-bcc2-0a5d353ddc9a.jpg?v=1732526320","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-practical-handbook-for-the-actor-9780394744124","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}