The Actor’s Art and Craft:… the Meisner Technique - William Esper, Damon Dimarco, David Mamet

Written by William Esper, Damon Dimarco, David Mamet
Read by Michael Esper, Damon Dimarco
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

· Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
· Release date: 07-16-19
· Publisher: Random House Audio

William Esper, one of the leading acting teachers of our time, explains and extends Sanford Meisner’s legendary technique, offering a clear, concrete, step-by-step approach to becoming a truly creative actor.

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.

Co-writer Damon DiMarco, a former student of Esper’s, spent over a year observing his mentor teaching first-year acting students. In this book, he recreates that experience for us, allowing us to see how the progression of exercises works in practice.

The Actor’s Art and Craft vividly demonstrates that good training does not constrain actors’ instincts - it frees them to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives.

For those who do not know much about theater–
There are 5 major techniques for actors:
1. Classical Acting. Stanislavski
2. The Chekhov Acting Technique - a ‘psycho-physical approach’ think Clint Eastwood
3. Method Acting. – developed by Lee Strasberg – based on Stanislavski’s method, a “feel it, live it” system, think 1950’s, Marlon Brando
4. Meisner Acting Technique
5. Practical Aesthetics Acting Technique. - a blend from all systems