5 Approaches to Acting : http://biomechanics.vtheatre.net/textbook.html 

Part I. Task (Method)

Chapter 1. Stanislavsky
Chapter 2. Obstacles
Chapter 3. Stanislavsky's Legacy

Part II. Episodes

Chapter 4. Brecht
Chapter 5. Combining Episodes
Chapter 6. Meyerhold

Part III. Images

Chapter 7. Masks
Chapter 8. The Language of Mask

Part IV. The World of the Play

Chapter 9. Comparison
Chapter 10. Rules

Part V. Telling a Story

Chapter 11. Storytelling
Chapter 12. Dramatic Action
Chapter 13. Shakespeare

Part VI. Comparing Approaches

Chapter 14. Comparing
Chapter 15. Choosing an Approach
Chapter 16. Combining Approaches

• tests on reading

preview and overview in each class

assignments