It's a clever idea: an actor is used to developing a character in a play, why not apply the same approach to life in the business? Most actors, Joan Drake Brody asserts, have given up after the age of forty – she offers tools to achieve longevity in the business. Her central conceit is to use the language of drama training for her self-help book about a career in acting.
There are chapters dealing with objectives, beats, obstacles, building a character: all, of course, familiar Stanislavski terms.
More than that, Drake Brody provides detailed information about casting, auditions, rehearsals and working the market. It is very practical and has a good deal of common sense advice.
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