Edited by Arthur Bartow, artistic director of New York University's Department of Drama, the book features the most famous and powerful acting teaching techniques that have made the world recognize stars like Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, Mickey Rourke, Robert de Niro, and many more Their authors are devoted followers and interpreters of the Stanislavsky system, famous American theater teachers Mikhail Chekhov, Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, who brought up a galaxy of wonderful artists who glorified American theater, who became Hollywood legends and symbols of world cinema. The latest, postmodern methods of training actors are also offered. The book will be useful to everyone who is interested in acting as an art and as a profession: actors and those who dream of a stage or screen, film critics, theater experts and just theater and film lovers.