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One of the most inspired and inspiring manifestos of our art that I know. (Richard Monette, Stratford artistic director)
Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938), arguably the most influential director in the history of the theater, was the founder of the renowned Moscow Art Theater. A pioneer of psychological realism and improvisation on the stage, he devoted his life to developing the performance techniques now emulated throughout the world.
In this first-ever audio edition of his classic work, Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help listeners not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well. An Actor Prepares is brilliantly narrated by Mike Fraser.
Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.
©1989 Constantin Stanislavski (P)2024 Echo Point Books & Media, LLCListeners also enjoyed...
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Audition
- Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part
- By: Michael Shurtleff
- Narrated by: John Malone
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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The casting director for Chicago, Pippin, Becket, Gypsy, The Graduate, The Sound of Music, and Jesus Christ Superstar tells you how you can find your dream role! Absolutely everything an actor needs to know to get the part is here: What to do that moment before; how to use humour; how to create mystery; how to develop a distinct style; and how to evaluate the place, the relationships, and the competition. In fact, Audition is a necessary guide to dealing with all the "auditions" we face in life. This is the bible on the subject.
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Best acting book to this day
- By Dylan on 03-01-20
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To the Actor
- On the Technique of Acting
- By: Michael Chekhov
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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With numerous examples and exercises, Michael Chekhov's To the Actor seamlessly synthesizes his many years of theater and theater instruction into a concise, engaging handbook of techniques essential for every actor. With his tested methods you will learn how to more easily call up emotion, develop a character, strengthen awareness and train your body and imagination to reach its full potential.
By: Michael Chekhov
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Respect for Acting
- Expanded Edition
- By: Uta Hagen, Haskel Frankel, Katie Finneran - foreword, and others
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Since its original publication in 1973, Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting has remained a durable classic for all students of acting. As an acting instructor at the Herbert Berghof Studio, Hagen helped to develop the talents of world-class actors like Robert DeNiro, Matthew Broderick, Gene Wilder, Amanda Peet, Austin Pendleton, Whoopi Goldberg, and more. This updated edition illuminates Hagen's original text with a new foreword written by Katie Finneran, retaining the David Hyde Pierce foreword, along with added background on HB Studio.
By: Uta Hagen, and others
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Sanford Meisner on Acting
- By: Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell, Sydney Pollack - introduction
- Narrated by: Jason Culp, Arthur Morey, Mark Bramhall
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Sanford Meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country. This audiobook follows one of his acting classes for 15 months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, it is essential listening for beginning and professional actors alike. Throughout this audiobooks, Meisner is a delight - always empathizing with his students and urging them onward, provoking emotion, laughter, and growing technical mastery from his charges.
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Surprisingly outstanding as an audiobook
- By HMadera on 12-28-19
By: Sanford Meisner, and others
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Acting in Film
- An Actor's Take on Movie Making
- By: Michael Caine
- Narrated by: Nicky Rebelo
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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Mr. Caine gives you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rob him blind! The man who's hypnotized the camera lenses for a quarter of a century reveals the most closely guarded secrets on script preparation, working with the director, forming a character, voice, sound, and movement.
By: Michael Caine
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The Art of Acting
- By: Stella Adler, Howard Kissel
- Narrated by: Bonnie Agan
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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Stella Adler was one of the 20th Century's greatest figures. She is arguably the most important teacher of acting in American history. Over her long career, both in New York and Hollywood, she offered her vast acting knowledge to generations of actors, including Marlon Brando, Warren Beatty, and Robert De Niro. The great voice finally ended in the early 1990s. But, her decades of experience and teaching have been brilliantly captured and encapsulated by Howard Kissel, in the 22 lessons you'll hear in this audiobook.
By: Stella Adler, and others
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Audition
- Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part
- By: Michael Shurtleff
- Narrated by: John Malone
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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The casting director for Chicago, Pippin, Becket, Gypsy, The Graduate, The Sound of Music, and Jesus Christ Superstar tells you how you can find your dream role! Absolutely everything an actor needs to know to get the part is here: What to do that moment before; how to use humour; how to create mystery; how to develop a distinct style; and how to evaluate the place, the relationships, and the competition. In fact, Audition is a necessary guide to dealing with all the "auditions" we face in life. This is the bible on the subject.
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Best acting book to this day
- By Dylan on 03-01-20
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To the Actor
- On the Technique of Acting
- By: Michael Chekhov
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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With numerous examples and exercises, Michael Chekhov's To the Actor seamlessly synthesizes his many years of theater and theater instruction into a concise, engaging handbook of techniques essential for every actor. With his tested methods you will learn how to more easily call up emotion, develop a character, strengthen awareness and train your body and imagination to reach its full potential.
By: Michael Chekhov
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The Method
- How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
- By: Isaac Butler
- Narrated by: Isaac Butler
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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On stage and screen, we know a great performance when we see it. But how do actors draw from their bodies and minds to turn their selves into art? What is the craft of being an authentic fake? More than a century ago, amid tsarist Russia’s crushing repression, one of the most talented actors ever, Konstantin Stanislavski, asked these very questions, reached deep into himself and emerged with an answer.
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Where is the Thesis?
- By Frances L. on 07-27-22
By: Isaac Butler
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Fine on Acting
- A Vision of the Craft
- By: Howard Fine
- Narrated by: Howard Fine, Michael Chiklis
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Fine On Acting is a must-listen for the aspiring and seasoned actor alike. In an ever-changing industry landscape, Fine's groundbreaking approach continues to make the craft accessible by covering the essentials: Common Mistakes, Auditions & Self-Tapes, Rehearsal Exercises, Script Analysis, Stage Acting vs. On-Camera Acting, and much more. In this book, actors will find valuable advice for overcoming nerves, memorizing lines, troubleshooting challenging situations in rehearsal and role preparation, and how to become what Fine calls the "Total Actor".
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Life changing, Literally
- By Richard Tarbert on 10-15-24
By: Howard Fine
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The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods
- By: Richard Brestoff
- Narrated by: Tim Fannon
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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With clarity and insight, Richard Brestoff introduces the great acting teachers, explaining their techniques and how they are applied today. Beginning with Quintilian and Delsarte, he guides us to the present with an inside look at what is currently being taught in the major acting schools and private acting studios; The Actors Studio, Yale University, NYU, Juilliard and many more are visited. The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods will help you understand the most important ideas about acting, where they originated and how they are used in training programs today.
By: Richard Brestoff
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A Challenge for the Actor
- By: Uta Hagen
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
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Uta Hagen, one of the world's most renowned stage actresses, also taught acting for more than 40 years at the HB Studio in New York. Her first book, Respect for Acting, published in 1973, remains a best seller in print. In this brand new audio edition of her second classic book, A Challenge for the Actor, she greatly expands her thinking about acting in a work that brings the full flowering of her artistry, both as an actor and as a teacher.
By: Uta Hagen
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Acting
- A Handbook of the Stanislavski Method
- By: Toby Cole, Lee Strasberg
- Narrated by: Bobby Brill
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Improve your performance on stage with this insightful collection of essays by world renowned actors, directors, and theater practitioners, including Michael Chekhov, Sofya Giatsintova, and Constantin Stainislavski himself.
By: Toby Cole, and others
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A Practical Handbook for the Actor
- By: Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek, and others
- Narrated by: Rose Byrne, Chris Bauer, Alison Wright, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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This 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.
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Brief but Practical
- By Anonymous User on 12-04-23
By: Melissa Bruder, and others
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The Actor's Art and Craft
- William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
- By: William Esper, Damon Dimarco, David Mamet
- Narrated by: Michael Esper, Damon Dimarco
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Esper worked closely with Meisner for 17 years and has spent decades developing his famous program for actor's training. The result is a rigorous system of exercises that builds a solid foundation of acting skills from the ground up, and that is flexible enough to be applied to any challenge an actor faces, from soap operas to Shakespeare.
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5 Stars
- By Swiissjoker on 05-28-21
By: William Esper, and others
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Directing Actors
- By: Judith Weston
- Narrated by: Judith Weston
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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In this essential guide to acting, internationally renowned directing coach Judith Weston demonstrates what constitutes a good performance, what actors want from a director, and what directors do wrong. She also goes over script analysis and preparation and how actors work, and she shares important and helpful insights into the director/actor relationship.
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Directing Humans
- By Jacob Moore on 10-15-19
By: Judith Weston
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The Film Director's Intuition
- Script Analysis and Rehearsal Techniques
- By: Judith Weston
- Narrated by: Judith Weston
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
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This book is an invaluable and inspirational material for the film, television and theater professional. It helps directors, actors, writers, designers, producers and executives tap into their imagination and instincts, in turn helping them create the films they’ve always dreamed of creating.
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Good Enough
- By Leo McKenzie on 11-11-24
By: Judith Weston
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The Empty Space
- By: Peter Brook
- Narrated by: Adrian Lester
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Peter Brook's seminal book, The Empty Space, sets out many of the ideas about theater which have informed his lifelong work as a theater director, from his iconic "white box" production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and his groundbreaking adaptation of The Mahabharata, to his ongoing work at the International Centre for Theatre Research. More than 50 years on from its first publication in 1968, The Empty Space remains a cornerstone of thinking about theater.
By: Peter Brook
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The Actor's Life
- A Survival Guide
- By: Jenna Fischer
- Narrated by: Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Jenna Fischer's Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. Louis. She was determined, confident, and ready to work hard. So, what could go wrong? Uh, basically everything. The path to being a professional actor was so much more vast and competitive than she’d imagined. It would be eight long years before she landed her iconic role on The Office, nearly a decade of frustration, rejection, and doubt. If only she’d had a handbook for the aspiring actor. Or, better yet, someone to show her the way. Jenna wants to be that person for you.
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OMG THE INTRO! lol
- By Katelyn on 12-22-17
By: Jenna Fischer
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The Power of the Actor (Revised and Updated)
- The Chubbuck Technique: The 12-Step Acting Method for Creating Dynamic Characters
- By: Ivana Chubbuck
- Length: 11 hrs
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In this completely updated edition of her bestselling book, renowned acting coach Ivana Chubbuck shares her cutting-edge technique that has launched some of the most successful and lauded acting careers in Hollywood.
By: Ivana Chubbuck
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- Justin W Knapp
- 05-02-22
Critical listening for aspiring actors
The audio book is engaging and entertaining…and the material is essential for understanding the theoretical underpinnings for modern acting technique. Anyone interested in the craft and technique of acting will find this immensely valuable.
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- Tee
- 07-20-21
Boring but valuable
Boring but valuable. Hard to get through because of how comforting the narrators voice is.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-04-22
Amazing
Love it! Really opened up my imagination with the art of acting. Must buy if you’re in acting
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- BillionaireManzi
- 02-20-21
Interesting
In the perspective of a student attending a class and it really works. very recommended
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- Gloria
- 02-28-24
From mechanical to true
For me it was absolutely educational in nature from the director’s view from muscle memory to being the part vs merely play it. Definitely will listen over again for retaining purposes.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-11-23
1.35 speed minimum
A classic, the book is great and a must read for actors, but the narrator of this book did not give what i need for a book. I personally was at times really bored by the naration, it was way to slow. And the book is also formulating its sentences in a overcomplicated maner, in my opinion. But mike fraser did a good job, just not my style. Read this book, or listen here if your not easily bored, cause this helped me found out that i probably should read physical books. But yhe buy the book
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- TJ Power
- 09-08-21
Boring as foooook
The performance is so boring I could never keep focus long enough to enjoy it, even when sped up!! The content is outdated and the craft has evolved since this was written. There is not much to hold on to and use in this book that hasn’t been translated and integrated into actor training in a more concise way. Or maybe this reader killed the book. I dunno.
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- Lorelei
- 06-27-23
extremely boring but forcing myself to read it
yes, I have learned a summary of what is talked about here in my acting classes. I am still forcing myself to listen to this as it as Stanislavski is considered one of the founders of modern, Western acting theory. It does include indepth examples of why he teaches the things he does, which is helpful. I agree with listening to this using a faster speed.
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