A Method To Their Madness The History Of The Actors Studio [Paperback]

For decades, in one small room on West Forty-fourth Street in Manhattan, Lee Strasberg ran the Actors Studio, where dozens of acclaimed actors absorbed a technique that became known as the Method. Based on firsthand observations and numerous interviews, Hirsch's examination of the Studio's origins reveals how its graduates forever shaped the American stage and screen. A new introduction by the author studies the Actors Studio in the twenty-first century and places it in a modern context.

Foster Hirsch, the author of fifteen books on film and theater, among themThe Dark Side of the Screen: Film NoirandKurt Weill on Stage, lives in New York City.