Sanford Meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country. This
book follows one of his acting classes for fifteen months beginning with the most rudimentary
exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays.
Written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell it is essential reading for beginning and
professional actors alike. Throughout these pages Meisner is a delight always empathizing with
his students and urging them onward provoking emotion laughter and growing technical mastery
from his charges. With an introduction by Sydney Pollack director of Out of Africa and Tootsie
who worked with Meisner for five years. This book should be read by anyone who wants to act or
even appreciate what acting involves. Like Meisner's way of teaching it is the straight goods.
Arthur Miller If there is a key to good acting this one is it above all others. Actors young
and not so young will find inspiration and excitement in this book. Gregory Peck
