(Applause Books) Stella Adler was one of the 20th Century's greatest figures She is arguably the most important teacher of acting in American history Over her long career both in New York & Hollywood she offered her vast acting knowledge to generations of actors including Marlon Brando Warren Beatty & Robert De Niro The great voice finally ended in the early Nineties but her decades of experience & teaching have been brilliantly caught & encapsulated by Howard Kissel in the twenty-two lessons in this book