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Overview
"A fascinating close-up of Mr. Strasberg's philosophy of theatre and method of working with actors."—Eliot Fremont-Smith, The New York Times Unavailable for over fifteen years, these transcripts of Strasberg's private acting classes provide a revealing look at one of the nation's most famous acting schools and its controversial leader.
Synopsis
Legendary Lee Strasberg remains one of the most influential, controversial and misunderstood figure in the history of American theatre. An actor and director of considerable skill and accomplishment, he made his lasting mark as a master acting teacher, avatar of "the method," that distinctively American adaption of Kinstantin Stanislavski's codification of acting techniques. From his base at New York's Actors Studio, Strasberg trained several generations of theatre and film's most illustrious talents, including Anne Bancroft, Julie Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Marilyn Monroe, Patricia Neal, James Dean, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Al Pacino, Steve McQueen, Franchot Tone and Gene Wilder.
Yet Strasberg's approach to unearthing an actor's deepest emotional responses has been as much derided as applauded, more often than not out of ignornance. These long out-of-print transcriptions of Strasberg's private sessions - together with Robert Hethmon's instructive introduction - provide much-needed firsthand information, affording delightful and insightful access to the behind-the-scenes workings of the nation's most prestigious acting school. The book is reprinted with the consent and authority of the Estate of Lee Strasberg and The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.