Can you rrecommend some classic textbooks on acting? Ones that everyone should r

Question: Can you rrecommend some classic textbooks on acting!? Ones that everyone should read!?

Especially ones on the development of characters!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Brigintine is absolutely right! "Audition" is a great book and every actor or aspiring actor needs to have a copy!.

http://search!.barnesandnoble!.com/Auditio!.!.!.

"Backwards & Forwards: a technical manual for reading plays" is a truly amazing book!. Not just about character development, it'll fill you in on the WHOLE PICTURE!.

The best actors understand the script best!. This book will catepault the development of your craft into overdrive!. I cannot say enough good things about this book, it's probably the one book that helped me the most!.

http://search!.barnesandnoble!.com/booksea!.!.!.

It's a little bit expensive--but not if you buy it used!

By the way, "the craft" is the term some Theater teachers use to refer to not just your acting skills, but your!.!.!. well, general all-around theater skills that can include knowledge of lighting, scenic design, memorization techniques, etc!.

"Sanford Meisner on Acting" is straight to the point, and very, very good!.
http://search!.barnesandnoble!.com/Sanford!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Uta Hagen has written a couple that are excellent, as are the books already mentioned!. There's one that I'm very fond of by Cicely Berry who was the vocal coach for the RSC called The Actor and the Text!. John Gielgud wrote one called Acting Shakespeare that is good!. Michael Redgrave wrote a great memoir called In My Mind's Eye, and there's a fascinating book called Letters from an Actor by William Redfield that is about the famous Richard Burton Hamlet that is fun reading!. Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, not exactly ACTING, but very helpful for Auditioning:
"Audition" by Michael Shurtleff
http://www!.amazon!.com/Audition-Everythin!.!.!.

A MUST HAVEWww@QuestionHome@Com

acting isn't something u can read out of the book u need to take classes for it and SEE it!.!.!.!.!.also try usin some monologs to practice!.!.!.!.!.!.:)Www@QuestionHome@Com