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Book SynopsisArthur Miller decided to become a playwright after seeing her perform with the Group Theater. Marlon Brando attributed his acting to her genius as a teacher. Theater critic Robert Brustein calls her the greatest acting teacher in America.ÞAt the turn of the 20th century ä by which time acting had hardly evolved since classical Greece ä Stella Adler became a child star of the Yiddish stage in New York where she was being groomed to refine acting craft and eventually help pioneer its modern gold standard: method acting. Stella''s emphasis on experiencing a role through the actions in the given circumstances of the work directs actors toward a deep sociological understanding of the imagined characters: their social class geographic upbringing biography which enlarges the actor''s creative choices.ÞAlways onstage Stella''s flamboyant personality disguised a deep sense of not belonging. Her unrealized dream of becoming a movie star chafed against an unflagging commitment to the trans
