True and False

Description

David Mamet, the prize-winning playwright, director and teacher, has written a blunt, irreverent and unsparingly honest guide to acting. True and False leaves no acting tenet untouched, overturns conventional opinion, and tells aspiring actors what they really need to know: How to judge the role and approach the part How to work with the playwright The right way to undertake auditions and rehearsals How to think about the scene The proper approach to agents; and the business side of acting in general Mamet is unmistakably clear about why he think actors should not be taken in by the highly touted notions that have become commonplace in most acting schools and courses. True and False confronts some of the profession's sacred cows and offers and invaluable guide to acting today.

David Mamet was awarded the Pulitzer prize for his play Glengarry Glen Ross. His other plays and screenplays include Speed-the-Plow, American Buffalo, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, The Winslow Boy The Spanish Prisoner, Wag the Dog and The Verdict, the last two of which won Academy Award nominations. He has also received an Obie Award, and has written a collection of poems, five collections of essays, and a book on acting, True and False. His first novel, The Village, was published by Faber in 1994, followed by the publication of The Old Religion in 1998.

"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" "