On the Technique of Acting

Sky W said ACTOR MUST READ. I Hear great things about Checkov and His performance as an actor. And can tell you that this is all true after reading this bookHis concerns on truth, concentration and attention are extremely necessary for an actor to read about and learn to distinguish between each . A must read and reread and DO! A must read and reread and DO! For all actors, teachers and directors. This 1991 published book contains the final additions to Michael Chekhov's amazing body-mind-spirit approach to actor/human development. Easier to understand and apply than To The Actor and it has T. Five Stars Carole Eshenbaugh Was a gift and the person loved it

While he was an early advocate of Stanislavski, Chekhov differed from the great teacher in important respects, particularly in his insistence on the use of imagination as opposed to memory in creating a role. Michael Chekhov, nephew to the Russian playwright and student of Stanislavski, left Russia and his mentor behind to pursue a career as an actor, director, and teacher in Europe and America. --John Longenbaugh. When complimented on the truthfulness of his emotion, he admitted that his "aunt" was entirely imaginary.) One of Chekhov's innovations of technique is the "psychological gesture," in which a repeated external action leads to an internal revelation. Due to his insistence on the importance of the physical rather than the simply intellectual, Chekhov's book

Scholars and teachers of Chekhov's technique have hailed On the Technique of Acting as the clearest, most accurate presentation of the principles he taught Yul Brynner, Gregory Peck, Marilyn Monroe, Anthony Quinn, Beatrice Straight, and Mala Powers, among others.This new, definitive edition of Chekhov's masterful work clarifies the principles outlined in To the Actor concerning the pivotal role of the imagination in actors' understanding of themselves and the roles they play. The most authoritive, authentic text of a classic guide to actingIn the four decades since its first publication, Michael Chekhov's To the Actor has become a standard text for students of the theater. On the Technique of Acting also expands on Chekhov's previously published work with many unique features, including: Thirty additional exercisesA chapter devoted to screen actingMore thorough explanations of the Psychological Gesture, inner tempo vs. But To the Actor is a shortened, heavily modified version of the great director