The Technique of Acting

Good reference book for those wanting to get into acting. Recommended by son's acting coach.

Stella Adler books along with Stanislavsky, Harold Clurman, Sanford Meisner, Uta Hagen, are a few of the must have's for acting students. There are many more good ones for actors and acting students but you can't go wrong with these.

This is a very good book for people who want to dedicate their lives to acting. It goes through basic conditions which people have to create for themselves so acting works for them. The field of acting is so tenuous that it takes all the concentration a person has, this book gives guidance to gaining that concentration. I found it to be a valuable tool when studying to become an actor. I recommend novices and professionals alike to read and reread this book becuase it sets things in motion, it gets your brain and your body ready for what you have to confront as an actor. It empahsizes focus, dilligence and above all to know yourself. I honestly can say that this book made a differnce in my approach to acting and I think it will definitely affect other readers and benefit their objectives whether it be in theater or film.