Author: CHEKHOV, Michael., DU PREY, Deirde, Hurst ed.
Title: Lessons for the Professional Actor.
Description: Performing Arts Journal Publications, 1985. Hardcover. This volume collects the brilliant lectures which the great actor Michael Chekhov presented at his studio classes in New York in 1941. His technique and philosophy of acting initially derived from his Moscow Art Theatre work with Stanislavsky. Under such titles as "The Psychological Gesture," "The Imagination," "Continuous Acting," the Chekhov teaching method of psycho-physical exercises, improvisations, scene study, and "Questions and Answers" reveals its continued importance for actor training today. Slight wear including a touch of sunning to dj, otherwise condition vg. 165pp. ISBN 9933826796.

Keywords: 1941 Acting acting actor Art Chekhov classes Continuous exercises Gesture Imagination improvisations lectures method Michael Moscow New philosophy psycho-physical Psychological scene Stanislavsky studio study teaching technique Theatre York