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A Universal Guide to Performance
Art of Mentoring
Basic Books
February 2005
234 pages
ISBN: 0465008062
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Non-Fiction Biography
An elegant guidebook
for performers on every stage and screen, from the long-
time mentor to
many of today's biggest names in acting. "Letters to
a Young Actor
is full of Brustein's first-hand, hands-on wisdom combined
with his
wonderful good nature and generous spirit. This all-around
man of the
theater loves actors." (Christopher Walken) "Robert
Brustein's
writing on the theater has always combined an unabashed
love of the
subject with unblinking analytical clarity and an often
fierce moral
urgency. It is no surprise, then, that his Letters To A
Young Actor
is both passionate and cautionary: Brustein embraces the
exhilaration
of the actor's expression (and the attendant applause)
while never
losing sight of the great responsibility that goes with it.
This is
essential reading for all actors who are as serious about
their craft
as they are about their careers." (Rocco Landesman)
The
founder and director of the Yale Repertory Theater, as well
as
Harvard's American Repertory Theater, and the drama critic
for The New Republic for going on thirty years,
Robert Brustein is a living legend in theatrical circles.
In Letters to a Young Actor,
he not only seeks to inspire the multitudes of struggling
dramatists
out pounding the pavement, but also to reinvigorate the
very state of
the art of acting itself. Brustein is a man of
strong opinions
and formidable intellect. Stocked with a wealth of stories
about the
now rich and famous (he has at various points in his career
cultivated
such talent as actors Meryl Streep, Marisa Tomei, Cherry
Jones, Debra
Winger, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Walken, Tony
Shalhoub, Henry
Winkler, Christopher Lloyd, Claire Bloom, and many, many
more), he
brings both passion and a peerless authority to his
subject. His
telling anecdotes from decades of experience help explain
how and why
those who made it big are the successes they are today-and
what
struggles they faced along the way. From why Method acting
is not the
answer, to the critical importance of paying attention in
English Lit.
classes, Brustein's advice is clear, persuasive, and
inspiring.
About the Author
An Ivy League-pedigreed
teacher, actor, director, playwright, critic, and lifelong
supporter of
the theater, Robert Brustein has taught countless current
stage and
screen superstars, supervised well over 200 theatrical
productions,
acted in 8, directed 12, written or adapted 14, and written
about
thousands in his 13 books used as texts for theater classes
the world
over.
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