A hardcover edition of this book was published by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
TO THE ACTOR. Copyright 1953 by Michael Chekhov. All rights reserved. Printed in the
United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner
whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in
critical articles and reviews. For information address Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10
East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Published simultaneously in Canada by Fitzhenry
& Whiteside Limited, Toronto.

First BARNES & NOBEL BOOKS edition published 1985.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Chekhov, Michael, 1891-1955.
To the actor.
Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, c 1953.
1. Acting. I. Title.

PN2061.C54 1985 792′.028 84-48144

ISBN 0-06-463707-7 (pbk.)

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