Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- Simple technique perfectly -- Fear -- Working 'With' -- Acting is doing -- Listening -- Beyond language -- The Pinch and the Ouch -- Imaginary circumstances -- Who's that knocking? -- Mad, Sad, Glad -- No such thing as a monologue -- Taking it Personally -- It's just an illusion -- In search of the character -- A director prepares -- Mapping out rehearsals -- Taking sides -- Launching the cance -- The Nitty-Gritty -- It's 'As-if' -- Digging deeper -- Striving for the summit -- The real world -- What's love got to do with it? -- Psychophysiological mechanisms -- Bits not Beats -- Indicating -- Liquified trouble -- Cast the Actor not the character -- Unblocking the writer -- Everyone can act -- Faking it -- The case against actioning -- Subtext -- Silence is golden -- Clips -- More than meets the eye -- The case for realism

Working with Actors provides the key to unlocking the honest, dynamic performance every actor has within them. It offers a well-articulated formulation of the Meisner Technique easy for directors and actors to use within a working context.

Tertiary/Undergraduate.