Stanislavski, Strasberg, Meisner, Adler, Berghoff, Hagen, Mamet now Batson In TRUTH, the most sought after acting guru in Hollywood and on Broadway distills her half centurys experience as an actor, director, teacher, and personal coach into a step by step process for creating a character from first readthrough to final performance Debunking a centurys worth of myths about method acting, Batson identifies the unifying forces of Need, Public Persona, and Tragic Flaw to unite the actor with his or her character TRUTH shows how actively defining and understanding these three principles leads to the most truthful performances possible A mustread for beginning actors, a wakeup call for working actors, and an indispensable reference for writers, TRUTH reveals the inner game of telling stories and creating vivid, threedimensional life from words on a page