From the coauthor of The World Only Spins Forward, comes the first intellectual and cultural history of Method acting—an ebullient story of creative discovery and the birth of classic Hollywood. Now, critic and theater director Isaac Butler chronicles the history of the Method in a narrative that transports readers from Moscow to New York to Los Angeles. He traces how a cohort of American theater makers refashioned Stanislavski’s ideas and shaped generations of actors, enabling Hollywood to become the global dream factory it is today. Join in a conversation on the book and one of most influential—and misunderstood—ideas in American culture.

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