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Nueva York, Estados Unidos

“A fascinating close-up of Mr. Strasberg’s philosophy of theatre and method of working with actors… It goes beyond theatre, with comments on reality, truth, Mrs. Sarah Siddons, Tintoretto, fastball pitchers Freud, jockeys, Isaac Stern…”

Eliot Fremont-Smith
The New York Times

Legendary Lee Strasberg remains one of the most influential, controversial and misunderstood figures in the history of American theatre. An actor and director of considerable skill and accomplishment, he made his lasting mark a a master acting teacher, avatar of “the method”, that distinctively American adaptation of Konstantin Stanislavski’s codification of acting techniques. From his base at New York’s Actors Studio, Strasberg trained several generations of theatre and film’s most illustrious talents, including Anne Bancroft, Julie Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Marilyn Monroe, Patricia Neal, James Dean, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Al Pacino, Steve McQueen, Franchot Tone and Gene Wilder.

Yet Strasberg’s approach to unearthing an actor’s deepest emotional responses has been as much derided as applauded, more often than not out of ignorance. These long out-of-print transcriptions of Strasberg’s private sessions -together with Robert Hethmon’s instructive introduction- provide much-needed firsthand information, affording delightful and insightful access to the behind-the-scenes workings of the nation’s most prestigious acting school. The book is reprinted with the consent and authority of the Estate of Lee Strasberg and The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.

Robert H. Hethmon has taught and produced plays at the universities of Wisconsin-Madison, Colorado and California-Riverside. From 1960 to 1962 he was director of the Wisconsin Center for Theatre Research. Now partially retired, he has been a faculty member in the Department of Theater at UCLA since 1963.