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One of our most brilliantly iconoclastic playwrights takes on the art of profession of acting with these words: invent nothing, deny nothing, speak up, stand up, stay out of school. Acting schools, "interpretation," "sense memory," "The Method"--David Mamet takes a jackhammer to the idols of contemporary acting, while revealing the true heroism and nobility of the craft. He shows actors how to undertake auditions and rehearsals, deal with agents and directors, engage audiences, and stay faithful to the script, while rejecting the temptations that seduce so many of their colleagues. Bracing in its clarity, exhilarating in its common sense, True and False is as shocking as it is practical, as witty as it is instructive, and as irreverent as it is inspiring.
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"Mamet manages to demolish the myths...that pass for theory with regard o acting and directing. . . True and False is a revealing book of the highest order and a pleasure to read"--Anthony Hopkins "Hard-edged, pragmatic and idealistic. . . . Every actor or would-be actor should read this book."--Chicago Tribune
"Trenchant...Meet's pared-down, occasionally cryptic prose can make powerful sense."--The New York Times
"This book should be read and considered by everyone who acts."--Steve Martin
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"Trenchant...Meet's pared-down, occasionally cryptic prose can make powerful sense."--The New York Times
"This book should be read and considered by everyone who acts."--Steve Martin
True and False by David Mamet is an invaluable guide to the acting profession, slaughtering a wide range of sacred cows with the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's characteristic unsparing honesty.
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- PublisherRandom House USA Inc
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0679772642
- ISBN 13 9780679772644
- BindingPaperback
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- Number of pages144
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