True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
Editorial FABER & FABER
Mainland Spain
- Publisher FABER & FABER
- ISBN13 9780571192618
- ISBN10 0571192610
- Type BOOK
- Collection INGLES
- Published 2022
- Language English
Subjects
Performance ArtTrue and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
Editorial FABER & FABER
Mainland Spain
Book details
"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" "
Biografía del autor
David Mamet is a director and the author of numerous acclaimed plays, books and screenplays. His play Glengarry Glen Ross won the Pulitzer Prize, and his screenplays for The Verdict and Wag the Dog were nominated for Academy Awards. He has also received an Obie Award, and has written a collection of poems, five collections of essays, and books on acting and directing, most recently Theatre (2010). His first novel, The Village, was published by Faber in 1994, followed by the publication of The Old Religion in 1998 and Wilson in 2000.