To the actor, paperback/michael chekhov

Description How does an actor learn to: * Call up emotion? * Develop a character? * Strengthen awareness? These are essential techniques for every actor, and Michael Chekhovs classic work To the Actor explains, clearly and concisely, how to develop them.

Chekhovs simple and practical method - successfully used by professional actors all over the world - trains the actors imagination and body to fulfil its potential.

This handbook for actors (and directors) has been revised and expanded by Mala Powers.

It includes: a previously unpublished chapter on Psychological Gesture, translated into English by the celebrated director Andrei Malaev - Babel; a new biographical overview by Mala Powers; and a foreword by Simon Callow.