What to Read After The Actor Speaks
Readers who loved The Actor Speaks by Patsy Rodenburg keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Actor Speaks is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Actor Speaks
Freeing the Natural Voice
The intent to live
Voice and the actor
A Practical handbook for the actor
The art of acting
Theatre of the Oppressed
A director prepares
Backwards and forwards
Sanford Meisner on acting
A challenge for the actor
Audition
Lysistrata
The Elements of Style
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Crucible
Death of a Salesman
King Lear
The Tipping Point
Othello
The Color Purple
The Power of Now
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
My Sister's Keeper