The Actor‎'‎s Workbook is an essential workbook for actors‎,‎ actors in training and teachers of acting and drama‎.‎ The workbook and video provide a clear‎,‎ step‎-by‎-step guide to learning techniques in acting‎.‎ The book presents a system of exercises which will develop core acting skills‎,‎ offers techniques for developing an authored role and models for devising new work‎.‎ These techniques are based on the practices of Konstantin Stanislavski and his recent theatrical descendants including Uta Hagen‎,‎ Sanford Meisner‎,‎ Michael Chekhov and others‎.‎ The exercises in the book are outlined in a student‎-centred approach‎,‎ offering not only in‎-class exercises‎,‎ but also pre‎-class exercises‎,‎ educational frameworks‎,‎ teaching‎-tips‎,‎ suggested texts through which to apply the work‎,‎ follow‎-up exercises and suggestions for further reading in each chapter‎.‎ Enabling and guiding the actor‎'‎s sustainable‎,‎ communicable‎,‎ believable transformation into an imagined reality‎,‎ this workbook is filled with powerful and precise acting tools‎,‎ each underpinned by a rigorous and well‎-explained philosophy of practice‎.‎The Actor‎'‎s Workbook includes video of the author teaching the exercises‎,‎ with professional actors demonstrating the techniques to be learned‎.‎