Lee Strasberg
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Lee Strasberg (1901-82) served (1948–82) as artistic director, teacher, and actor at The Actors Studio, New York City. He was known as the chief American exponent of “method acting,” in which actors are encouraged to use their own emotional experience and memory in preparing to “live” a role. He authored A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method (1988).
Primary Contributions (2)
Acting, the performing art in which movement, gesture, and intonation are used to realize a fictional character for the stage, for motion pictures, or for television. (Read Lee Strasberg’s 1959 Britannica essay on acting.) Acting is generally agreed to be a matter less of mimicry, exhibitionism, or…
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Publications (3)
A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method
strasberg, The Father Of Method Acting, Explains In This Book His Method--for The First Time In His Own Words. Essential Reading For Actors, Directors And Students Of Theater. ... publishers Weekly in This Short Work, Noted Director Strasberg (1901-1982) Tells How The Teachings Of Stanislavsky Changed His Life And Describes His Own Discoveries And Techniques In The Art Of Acting. Pw Designated This As ``essential Reading For Actors, Directors And Students Of Theater.'' Photos....
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Strasberg at the Actors Studio: Tape-Recorded Sessions
Legendary Lee Strasberg remains one of the most influential, controversial and misunderstood figure in the history of American theatre. An actor and director of considerable skill and accomplishment, he made his lasting mark as a master acting teacher, avatar of "the method," that distinctively American adaption of Kinstantin Stanislavski's codification of acting techniques. From his base at New York's Actors Studio, Strasberg trained several generations of theatre and film's most illustrious...
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The Lee Strasberg Notes
the Lee Strasberg Notes Reproduces The Original Teachings Of A Unique Voice In Actor Training, For The Very First Time. It Is A Stunning Document In The History And Ongoing Practice Of Strasberg’s Method.compiled And Edited By Lola Cohen, The Book Is Based On Unpublished Transcripts Of Strasberg’s Own Classes On Acting, Directing And Shakespeare. It Recreates His Theoretical Approach, As Well As The Practical Exercises Used By His Students, And Brilliantly Conveys His...
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