This is the second edition of the book by a well known theater pedagogue and director Veniamin Fil"shtinskii, a professor of the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Art. He knows how "stars are born" and can make it happen. Among his students are Russian popular actors: K. Khabenskii, I. Kopylov, M. Porechenkov, K. Rappoport, I. Shakunov, etc. Profusely illustrated.