Introduction by Sydney Pollack
Setting the scene: Duse's blush
Building a foundation: the reality of doing
Preparation: "In the harem of my head"
More on preparation: "Quick as a flame"
The magic "as if" : particularization
"Making the part your own"
Some thoughts on actors and on acting
Final scenes: "Instead of 'merely' the truth"
"Spring Awakening" by Frank Wedekind
"A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden" by Meade Roberts
"Golden Boy" by Clifford Odets
"The Seagull" by Anton Chekov
"Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams.
