The Method

A cultural history of Method acting. Chronicles the history of the Method in a narrative that transports readers from Moscow to New York to Los Angeles, from The Seagull to A Streetcar Named Desire to Raging Bull. It traces how a cohort of American mavericks - including Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, and the storied Group Theatre - refashioned Stanislavski's ideas for a Depression-plagued nation that had yet to find its place as an artistic powerhouse