{"product_id":"a-practical-handbook-for-the-melissa-bruder-9780394744124","title":"A Practical Handbook for the Actor","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor anyone who has ever wanted to take an acting class, \u003cb\u003e\"this is the best book on acting written in the last twenty years\" (David Mamet, from the Introduction).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. H. Macy, and director Gregory Mosher. A Practical Handbook for the Actor is written for any actor who has ever experienced the frustrations of acting classes that lacked clarity and objectivity, and that failed to provide a dependable set of tools. An actor's job, the authors state, is to \"find a way to live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances of the play.\" The ways in which an actor can attain that truth form the substance of this eloquent book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0394744128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780394744124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.30d","brand":"Melissa Bruder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052398440703,"sku":"9780394744124","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_185129ce-36cd-4700-bff4-b9dd2937a4d7.jpg?v=1685018572","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-practical-handbook-for-the-melissa-bruder-9780394744124","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}