Bella Merlin has successfully combined a professional career in acting (notably in Max Stafford-Clark's Out of Joint Theatre Company) with teaching at the drama departments of the Universities of Birmingham and Exeter. She has written several books about Stanislavsky and the application of his ideas to work in the theatre.
'The ultimate 'all in one' panacea for drama teachers struggling to make Stanislavsky's teachings understandable for students' * Teaching Drama * 'Erudite but very accessible... a brilliantly researched study' * Amateur Stage * 'A great achievement... a serious, no-nonsense interpretation of Stanislavsky's thinking written by an actor-teacher with considerable experience... I shall be going back to this Toolkit again and again' * ReviewsGate.com *