In the Company of Actors: Reflections on the art of acting

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In this book 16 active, contemporary performers working in theatre and screen in the UK, Ireland and the USA discuss their craft and give a picture of realities of working in this business. In the form of interview the author ask actors abut their backgrounds, training, preparing for a role, problems encountered, "British" acting and classical acting v. the Method.

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"A testament to her prowess as an editor and researcher, Zucker is equally present and absent in the text, letting each actor take center stage in a smooth narrative undisrupted by questions. It's an unmitigated delight to read the insights, rants, and kvetchings of some of the brightest stars in the English-speaking theatrical firmament."
-"Library Journal, 2/00
"[It] is filled with delicious disclosures.... What makes "In the Company of Actors not just dazzling, but truly illuminating are the fine minds at work here. Acting is something these actors have spent no only a great deal of time doing, but a great deal of time thinking about. And we can be thankful to have a book like "In the Company of Actors that does such wonderful justice to actors and the acting life."
-"The Montreal Gazette, March 4, 2000
"This book is a remarkable achievement.... This volume belongs in all college and university library collections, where it will serve bothundergraduate and graduate students. A splendid accomplishment; highly recommended."
-"Choice, June 2000
"These sixteen chats with the masters will prove illuminating not just to actors but to anyone with a passion for the theatre or film....[Zucker] has elicited all kinds of extraordinary response from them, a great flow of extemporaneous expression, and ultimately a richly impressionistic portrait of the actor's imagination."
-"Montreal Review of Books
"Lively and thoughtful, Zucker askes all the right questions of her subjects... [A] must-read for cinephiles...."
-"Mirror

Author Bio

Carole Zucker is from New York City where she began her acting career. She has taught film studies at Concordia University for over thirty years, and has developed a large range of courses. Zucker has written for most major film journals, written six books, interviewed over a hundred actors and directors, and spoken about performance at conferences across the US, Canada, Ireland, and Sweden. Her work, both as a teacher and writer, has been instrumental in the development of the field of Performance Studies internationally.