Acting Books - Books on Acting

We’ve started to compile a list of the most popular, or maybe even the best books on Acting which you will see below.
For each book, we'll give you a bit of background information on the author or practitioner, and then we’ll attempt to summarise each chapter of the book, so you can get a taste for the contents of the book, which will hopefully encourage you to buy it and read it in more detail.

An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski

Creating A Role by Constantin Stanislavski (Summary a work in progress)

To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting by Michael Chekhov

A Practical Handbook for the Actor by Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek, Nathaniel (1986)

A Challenge for the Actor by Uta Hagen

Stella Adler: The Art of Acting compiled and edited by Howard Kissel

The Actor's Art and Craft (Meisner Technique) by William Esper Damon DiMarco (coming soon)

Secrets of Screen Acting by Patrick Tucker (coming soon)

Acting in Film by Michael Caine (coming soon)