{"product_id":"a-practical-handbook-for-the-actor","title":"A Practical Handbook for the Actor","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor anyone who has ever wanted to take an acting class, \u003cb\u003e\"this is the best book on acting written in the last twenty years\" (David Mamet, from the Introduction).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. H. Macy, and director Gregory Mosher. A Practical Handbook for the Actor is written for any actor who has ever experienced the frustrations of acting classes that lacked clarity and objectivity, and that failed to provide a dependable set of tools. An actor''s job, the authors state, is to \"find a way to live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances of the play.\" The ways in which an actor can attain that truth form the substance of this eloquent book.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57466679394677,"sku":"9780394744124","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780394744124.jpg?v=1785654738","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/a-practical-handbook-for-the-actor","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}