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True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
True and False Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
Author: David Mamet
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, director, and teacher gives us a blunt, irreverent, unsparingly honest guide to acting that overturns conventional truths and tells aspiring actors what they really need to know. — David Mamet leaves no acting tenet untouched: How to judge the role, approach the part, work with the playwright. How to ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679442493
ISBN-10: 0679442499
Publication Date: 10/1/1997
Pages: 127
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4.5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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reviewed True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor on + 2 more book reviews
this is a go-to book for acting. Be fearless and say your lines to the other actor without finding the perfect line reading first. The audience wants to see courageous people on stage - discover the scene moment by moment.
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A kind of Bible for modern actors. A really indispensable, must-read for anyone interested in the art of acting.
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David Mamet takes a jackhammer to the idols of contemporary acting.


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