Reminiscences of Lee Strasberg, 1980.

Biographical Note

Theatrical producer director.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Austria; immigration to United States; amateur theatrical experiences; influence of Constantin Stanislavsky and others on career; early professional acting; founding of Group Theater with Cheryl Crawford and Harold Clurman; role as director, productions, decision to leave Group Theater; inefficiency of American theater, comparison with British theater

Subjects

• Acting.
• Interviews.
• Jessup, Frederick Peterson, 1920-2005, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Method acting.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938.
• Strasberg, Lee--Interviews.
• Theater--Production and direction.
• Theatrical producers and directors--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984