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word theater comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place.
It is the place people come to see the truth about life and
the social situation.
-Stella Adler
I recommend all of these books for beginning actors and civilians who want to understand more about the art of acting. (The most important books for beginners are on top.)
Click on any of the titles below to purchase at Amazon.com

  
   
      
       
       
       
       
Acting: The First Six Lessons (Theatre Arts Book)
Richard Boleslovsky
An actor prepares,: By Constantin Stanislavski. Translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood. Introd. by John Gielgud
The New Generation of Acting Teachers, Eva Mekler
The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods (Career Development Book)
The Actor's Studio: A Player's Place
The Actor's Eye by Morris Karnovsky
Strasberg's Method by Lorrie Hull: A Practical Guide for Actors, Teachers, Directors
  

       
Shelley: Also known as Shirley
, Shelley Winters parts 1 and
2
Method Actors: Three Generations of an American Acting Style , Steve Vineberg
Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition
(and anything by or about Walt
Whitman)
Carl Jung: Wounded Healer of the Soul
, Claire Dunne
In the Dark Places of Wisdom
, Peter Kingsley
Reality
, Peter Kingsley
Talking with Angels, Fourth Edition
, Gitta Mallasz

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: The Thomas Carlyle Translation with a New Introduction By Franz Schoenberner and Illustrations By William Sharp
The Eighth Day: A Novel
, Thornton Wilder
Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, and The Matchmaker (Perennial Classics)
Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing , Hélene Cixous
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
, Anne Lamott
My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization ,
Chellis
Glendinning
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
      
Peter Brook and Traditional Thought, Basarab Nicolescu
Sean
Penn's letter to George W. Bush Watch
here
The
New York Times- theater section

Pleasantville with Toby Maguire and Reese Witherspoon
Broadway:
The Golden Age by Rick McKay
Hearts of Darkness, Eleanor Coppola (a documentary)
The Burning Times, Donna Reed (on women & spirituality)
I'll Do Anything (with Nick Nolte)
Vanya on 42nd St., Louis Malle, with Julianne Moore
Stella
Adler: Awake and Dream(a documentary on her teaching)
Joseph Campbell interview with Bill Moyers
Looking for Richard, Al PacinoPacino- An Actor's Vision collection
Stanislavsky Century (available from the library) a 3 part
video
Esther
Kahn, starring Summer Phoenix
Mephisto, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer
The Hours
The Pianist, Roman Polansky
What
the Bleep do we Know
Frances, starring Jessica Lange
Beyond the Sea- Kevin Spacey
Searching for Debra Winger- Rosanna Arquette
Lenny- The story of Lenny Bruce, dir. Bob Fosse
The Best of Youth (Italian)
In America
Being Julia
Dogville, Lars Von Trier, starring Nicole Kidman
The Lives of Others
Mulholland Drive, starring Naomi Watts
Into the Wild
The Gods Must be Crazy
Unscripted, directed by Steven Soderberg, produced by George Clooney Tetro
Youth without Youth
I am Love
Two Lovers
The Hurt Locker
The Burning Plain
After the Wedding
Listen to Susan Batson interview on radio WBUR.org
Lenny
Bruce at Carnegie Hall (Listen now on iTunes!)
Salon.com
interviews
Dennis Hopper- Interview with Hikari Takano
Audio Plays
Los Angeles Theater Works
Please watch these if you plan to study with
Shelley Mitchell
Daniel Day Lewis - Interview
Jude Law on Charlie Rose, speaking about playing Hamlet
Marilyn
Monroe - Lee Strasberg
Brando Method Discussion Part 1
Marlon
Brando interview 1989
Marlon Brando Interview Dick Cavett 1973
Stella Adler Part 1
Uta Hagen Part 1
Sean
Penn on Marlon Brando and the art of acting
Al
Pacino on Inside the Actors Studio
Estelle Parsons- Oscar winner and Artistic dir. of the Actors Studio (4 part interview!)
Angelina Jolie on Inside the Actors Studio
Method
Acting- "Red Method Acting"
Dennis
Hopper on Method Acting
James
Dean- Interview
Marlon
Brando on Larry King Live
Sandy
Meisner - What we learn in acting class
Truth
Out of Your Mind- Alan Watts - (I & II)
Alan Watts - animated by South Park creators
Liz Coleman's call to reinvent Liberal Arts Education
Jill Bolte Taylor's Stroke of Insight- The Left and Right Brain
Dr. Cornell West- On Being Human
The Century of the Self
Eve Ensler - A TED.com talk for actors
J.K Rowling Commencement speech at Harvard
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