A key text for drama students today. These dramatic dialogues between the teacher and 'The Creature' ' an idealistic student - explore the 'craft' of acting according to one of the godfathers of method acting. The book also features Boleslavsky's lectures to The Creative Theatre and American Laboratory Theatre, as well as 'Acting with Maria Ouspenskaya', four short essays on the work of Ouspenskaya, his colleague and fellow actor trainer. This new edition is edited with a new introduction and bibliography by Rhonda Blair, author of The Actor, Image, and Action.