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The Actor's Art and Craft

Written by: William Esper, Damon Dimarco, David Mamet
Narrated by: Michael Esper, Damon Dimarco
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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.

©2008 William Esper and Damon Dimarco (P)2019 Random House Audio

Critic Reviews

"Utterly inspirational.... The best book on the craft of acting that I have ever read." (Mary Steenburgen)

"As far as I'm concerned, there is only way to learn the craft of acting, and that is through the Meisner technique. And there is only one person to learn that technique from, and that is William Esper." (Patricia Heaton)

"The essence of this book is like William Esper himself: kind/clear, caring/generous, passionate/graceful, brilliant/profound. Inspiring. Invaluable." (Jeff Goldblum) 

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Worth the time

Must read for every actor who wants to act in television or movies ! Good read

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Will relisten soon!

Had a good learning from this. Will relisten to take notes very soon. Good luck!

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best book for acting

you need no other acting book after this. The narration is top notch . you need no other techniques

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All I Can say is thanks

I have the Hard copy of this Book already but listening to the audible is live experience of William esper's class...waiting for 2nd Audible Book " THE ACTOR'S GUIDE TO CREATING A CHARACTER".
kindly do the needful...
Thank You
and Best regards
Varun Gulati

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