The Actors Studio: A History

by Shelly Frome

Book Overview

Over the years there has been much controversy and confusion about the true nature of The Actors Studio, a secluded workshop in New York City that for decades has had a marked influence on the stage and screen and yet functions like a secret society behind closed doors.

It all began when Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theater brought its brand of "realism" to the United States in 1923. The legendary Group Theater of the 1930s followed. Then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078642320X
• ISBN13: 9780786423200
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher