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| Further Reading | |
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| An Overview: Some Questions Answered | |
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| Why Act? | |
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| Is There an Ideal Actor? | |
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| Can Actors Be Classified? | |
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| What Should the Actor Know? | |
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| What is the Illusion of the First Time? | |
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| Questions and Exercises | |
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| Early Acting and Acting Theories | |
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| The First Actors | |
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| What the Ancients Tell Us | |
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| The Decline of the Theatre | |
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| The Commedia dell'Arte | |
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| Shakespeare and His Actors | |
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| The Seventeenth Century | |
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| David Garrick: An Actor Speaks | |
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| The Great DebateEmotion vs. Reason | |
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| Short Notes on the Heritage of Some Notable Actors | |
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| More Actors and Actresses | |
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| Stanislavski and Beyond | |
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| The Method | |
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| After Stanislavski | |
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| The Director and Freedom for the Actor | |
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| Short Notes on the Heritage of Some Notable Actors | |
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| More Actors and Actresses | |
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| The Body and Stage Movement | |
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| How the Body Is Organized | |
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| Tension and Relaxation | |
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| The Body in Action | |
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| Warming Up | |
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| Voice and the Actor | |
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| One Voice or Many? | |
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| Factors of a Good Stage Voice | |
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| Vocal Production | |
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| Projection | |
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| Getting the Most from the Dialogue | |
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| Vocal Exercises | |
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| Getting Around on the Stage | |
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| The Stage and Stage Areas | |
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| Stage Positions and the Actor | |
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| Stage Movement and the Audience | |
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| Using Movement | |
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| Specialized Stage Problems | |
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| Listening | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Using Improvisation | |
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| Improvisations for Larger Groups | |
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| Improvisations for One Actor | |
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| Improvisations for Two or More Actors | |
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| Last-Line Improvisations | |
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| Combating Stage Fright | |
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| What Is Stage Fright? | |
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| Some Suggested Causes | |
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| Do Experienced Actors Have Stage Fright? | |
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| What Can Be Done About It? | |
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| Auditioning and Preparing a Role | |
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| The Audition Process | |
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| Basic Steps in Developing a Role | |
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| Finding Ones Own Approach | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Ambiguous Dialogue | |
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| Monologues | |
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| Scenes | |
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| Putting the Role Onstage | |
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| Rehearsal Guidelines | |
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| The Three Vs of Good Acting | |
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| Concentration | |
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| Getting into the Role | |
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| Judging the Actor's Work | |
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| Scenes | |
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| Style and Other Problems | |
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| Comedy and Farce | |
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| Tragedy | |
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| Period Plays in General | |
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| Shakespearean Plays | |
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| Sustained Speeches | |
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| Central Staging | |
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| Scenes | |
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| Acting for the Camera | |
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| Shooting the Television Drama | |
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| Television and the Theatre | |
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| Television Acting | |
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| Subtlety and Intimacy | |
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| Acton and Reaction | |
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| Reviewing the Rules | |
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| Exercises | |
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| A Glossary of Theatre Terms | |
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| Index | |