

'Once you start working with someone like Litz you don't ever want to stop if you can help it' - Vanessa Redgrave

The most significant book on theatre movement in the English language, by one of its finest and most influential teachers

The most significant book on theatre movement in the English language, by one of its finest and most influential teachers Litz Pisk examines the emotional and psychological impulses that motivate an actor in his role on the stage. Her theory is illuminated by her comments on...



Litz Pisk was widely regarded as the finest and most influential teacher of modern theatre movement. Her seminal book The Actor and His Body is the direct result of her unique dual career: both as a professional director of movement at the Old Vic, the National Theatre, the Royal...