Actor and the Target, The

By Declan Donnellan

A revised and updated edition of Declan Donnellan's bestselling book, a fresh and radical approach to acting by a world-famous director.

'cuts open every generalisation about acting and draws out gleamingly fresh specifics' Peter Brook

'explains Donnellan's highly practical system and sheds unique light on one of the greatest directors of acting in our time' Le Monde

'hugely practical and never gets lost in theory' El Pais

'a gripping read, as acute about the psychology of lying as it is about the art of acting' Guardian

'rooted in modern theatre, modern psychology and, above all, modern reality' Izvestia

'Unpretentious, straightforward, and pierced with acute insight' Kommersant

Declan Donnellan is the founder of Cheek by Jowl and his directing career includes the premiere of Angels in America at the National Theatre, London, and his own adaptations of Erdman's The Mandate and Dickens's Great Expectations.