A Method to Their Madness: The History of the Actors Studio

by Foster Hirsch

Book Overview

For decades, in one small room on West Forty-fourth Street in Manhattan, Lee Strasberg ran the Actors Studio, where dozens of acclaimed actors absorbed a technique that became known as the "Method."... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393017834
• ISBN13: 9780393017830
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.

Customer Reviews

METHOD TO THEIR MADNESS

iF YOU INTERESTED ABOUT THE SYSTEM OF THE ACTORS STUDIO IT IS A MUST READ FOR YOU. VERY INTERSTING! Susan Fel

the method

This book is a must for anyone interested in the history of Acting in America. Hirsch gets behind the doors of the elusive Actors Studio and shows, with respect, a glimpse of what goes on there. Hirsch does a magnificent job of tracing the path of the evolution of Stanislavski's system in this country, from the arrival of the Moscow Art Theatre to the Group Theatre and finally the Actors Studio. I couldn't put this book down.

method to their madness

This book is a definite plus for anyone interested in the development of the method in America. Foster Hirsch gets behind the doors of the Actors Studio and does an amazing job of conveying the work of the actor from an observer's point of view. Hirsch also does a magnificent job of tracking the path of the evolution of Strasberg's method. He covers the arrival of the Moscow Art Theatre to the formation of the Group Theatre to the influence and work of the Actors Studio. I couldn't put this book down.