 | An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $7.99 A must read in spite of the bad translation, read this series, in order, before you read anything else in theatre books
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 | Building A Character by Constantin Stanislavski
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $9.55 Second book in the series - be sure to read "An Actor Prepares" before this book
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 | Creating A Role by Constantin Stanislavski
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $9.03 Final book in Stanislavski's series where he applies many of his previous techniques to creating a role
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 | The Technique of Acting by Stella Adler
Buy used from: $26.86 A great supplement to Stanislavski and good in its own rite
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 | Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part by Michael Shurtleff
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.49 An absolute MUST READ for anyone serious about theatre.
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 | Opportunities in Acting Careers, revised edition (Opportunities InSeries) by Dick Moore
Buy new: $13.95 / Used from: $0.64 Possibly a little out-of-date but still extremely helpful
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 | Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sanford Meisner
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.44 Good read, but difficult to apply without an instructor
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 | A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method by Lee Strasberg
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.93 Good read, but also somewhat difficult to apply in places
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 | Strasberg at the Actors Studio: Tape-Recorded Sessions
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $1.40 Currently reading
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 | An Actor's Business: How to Market Yourself as an Actor No Matter Where You Live by Andrew Reilly
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $1.98 |
 | True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor by David Mamet
Buy new: $9.20 / Used from: $3.14 Read this with "a grain of salt" -contains many misconceptions about the Stanislavski System. I disagree with much of what he says in this book but worth reading if only for an alternative perspective
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