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"Acting:
The First Six Lessons"
by Richard Boleslavski

Sir Alec Guinness: "Under their apparent simplicity and light-heartedness, (the lessons are) profound and to the point. Both beginners and established actors, who take their work seriously, will find stimulation in this book."

Boleslavsky, Richard. Acting: The First Six Lessons. New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1975.

For actors by an actor of rare subtlety and imagination; for directors by a brilliant versatile director. Richard Boleslavsky's knowledge of the theatre was based on wide experience. A member of the Moscow Art Theatre and director of its First Studio, he worked in Russia, Germany and America as actor, director and teacher. On Broadway, he produced plays and musical comedies and he was a leading Hollywood director.

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