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Table of Contents: “…The Stanislavsky system -- American laboratory theatre : Richard Boleslavsky and Maria Ouspenskaya -- The group theatre -- Russian émigré teachers -- The Actors Lab in Hollywood -- Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio -- Stella Adler -- Bobby Lewis -- Sandy Meisner.…”

Table of Contents: “…-- The Russian Revolution -- Smashing the fourth wall -- The American Revolution -- Lee Strasberg -- Stella Adler -- Sanford Meisner -- Viola Spolin and the theater of games -- Bertold Brecht and the theater of politics -- Jerzy Grotowski and the holy actor -- Tadashi Suzuki and the theater of grandeur -- Training school profiles.…”

Table of Contents: “…Pudovkin -- A dream of passion : the development of the method / Lee Strasberg -- The training of the actor / Lev Kuleshov -- Short description of a new technique of acting which produces an alienation effect / Bertolt Brecht -- Notes on the cinematographer / Robert Bresson -- Generous stars / Charles Affron -- The performance frame / James Naremore -- Genre and performance : an overview / Richard deCordova -- Articulating stardom / Barry King -- Film acting and independent cinema / Andrew Higson -- Shirley Temple and the house of Rockefeller / Charles Eckert -- Kinesics and film acting : Humphrey Bogart in The maltese falcon and The big sleep / Virgina Wright Wexman…”

Table of Contents: “…Performing: A dialogue about acting/Bertolt Brecht -- The actor's technique/Jerzy Grotowski -- A dream of passion/Lee Strasberg -- Presenting and re-presenting the self: from not-acting to acting in African performance/Frances Harding -- Pt. 7. …”