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An Actor Prepares

The Acting Books seriesNext:An Actor's Work(1938) →

Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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