Books to Read

True and False Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor

One of our most brilliant and iconoclastic playwrights, screenwriters, and directors takes on the art and profession of acting, in a book that is as shocking as it is practical, as witty as it is instructive, and as irreverent as it is inspiring.  David Mamet -- the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Oleanna -- takes a jackhammer to the idols of contemporary acting, from acting schools to "sense memory", from "interpretation" to "The Method". He shows actors how to undertake auditions and rehearsals, how to deal with agents and directors, how to engage audiences, and how to stay faithful to the script. Bracing in its clarity, exhilarating in its common sense, True and False is invaluable.