This eBook has been completed after working for twenty-nine years in the professional theatre. Acting & directing are two careers that demand constant doing.

It is often hard for new and established actors and directors to get those "golden nuggets" about the craft unless you are lucky enough to get into those rehearsal rooms with the great artists. It is rare to find a book on acting and directing that gives practical notes that can impact your work immediately as an artist - advice and guidance from those at the top of their profession and working every day. Notes and tips that are short, direct, easy to interpret and that can be implemented immediately into your craft. The following simple observations come from my personal conversations with some of the greatest Western theatre artists who, unfortunately, are no longer with us.