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Sanford Meisner on Acting

By: Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell, Sydney Pollack - introduction
Narrated by: Jason Culp, Arthur Morey, Mark Bramhall
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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.

With an introduction by Sydney Pollack, director of Out of Africa and Tootsie, who worked with Meisner for five years.

"This book should be read by anyone who wants to act or even appreciate what acting involves. Like Meisner's way of teaching, it is the straight goods." (Arthur Miller)

"If there is a key to good acting, this one is it, above all others. Actors, young and not so young, will find inspiration and excitement in this book." (Gregory Peck)

Read by Jason Culp, Arthur Morey, and Mark Bramhall

©1987 Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell, Sydney Pollack (P)2020 Random House Audio Acting & Auditioning Entertainment & Performing Arts Theater Celebrity
Immersive Classroom Experience • Transformative Acting Techniques • Outstanding Performances • Authentic Teaching Style
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It takes you there. I just finished listening to this and I feel as if I went to class with San in person. I took Meisner class in NYCDA first year out of highscool and this book took me back to my roots. The reader did an amazing job translating the message and differiantiating characters to perfection. Great listen to open up your acting mind and lay a solid foundation with a technique to prep you for any character work. I highly recommend it!

It's a live class with Meisner!

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Even for my newbie self, this is inviting and still structured enough for me. Wonderful

New Actors

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After taking a few Meisner classes I really didn’t get it. This book makes it clear while also being inspirational. Great guidance on some of the finer points of becoming a full and complete actor.

Extremely Helpful

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This Audible book is must for learning Acting. This book must be heard not read on Kindle

Excellent classroom Experience

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It was mind blowing. I’ve heard and done some of the techniques exercises but as this is the source, it is explain it incredibly well. I was mind blown.Although it’s good to listen because you get to have an overall idea, I believe it is better to buy it physical.

The Meisner Technique is amazing

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The performances in this book were outstanding. I learned so much from listening to the scenes acted out than when I read the book.

Great listen!

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it's as if... you were taking the class with him directly... you'll be able to apply this to some of your theatre/film work.

As someone who was a performance major in college, this should be standard with any university teaching of the Meisner Technique. My dislike originally might have come from my instructor not understanding some of the things Sandy had to enlighten his students on. I think any person learning techniques of acting would benefit from the process the students go through as the "story" develops, as this is very standard for collegiate technical development. If you've taken classes/masterclasses before- you'll see your fellow classmates, as well as yourself, reflected through the work presented in this book.

Great Listen - Solid Technique Instruction

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Instead of tell how to act it was as if you were in his class listening in.

interesting how to book

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It felt like being in the classroom with Sandy and being one of the students. I can't wait to hear it again.

Best audio book I've heard so far!

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Wonderful. It made me re-examine my approach in my work and inspire me to dig deeper.

Loved it

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