'Petit's words go right to the heart of Chekhov's technique ...Anyone looking for a key to understanding more about Michael Chekhov's technique will devour it.' - Jessica Cerullo, Michael Chekhov Association, NYC The Michael Chekhov technique is today seen as one of the most influential and inspiring methods of actor training in existence. In The Michael Chekhov Handbook, Lenard Petit draws on twenty years of teaching experience to unlock and illuminate this often complex technique. Petit uses four sections to guide those studying, working with or encountering Chekhov's approach for the first time: the aims of the technique - outlining the real aims of the actor the principles - acting with energy, imagination and creative power the tools - the actor's use of the body and sensation the application - bringing the technique into practice The Michael Chekhov Handbook's explanations and exercises will provide readers with the essential tools they need to put the rewarding principles of this technique into use. Lenard Petit is the Artistic Director of The Michael Chekhov Acting Studio in New York City. He teaches Chekhov Technique in the MFA and BFA Acting programs at Rutgers University. He was a contributor and co-creator of the DVD, Master Classes in The Michael Chekhov Technique, published by Routledge.

萊納德·佩蒂特是戲劇導演、演員和錶演教師。“邁剋爾·契訶夫戲劇學校”獲得親授的學生之一，從事戲劇工作超過40年，被認為是全世界範圍內教授“邁剋爾·契訶夫錶演方法”最權威的教師之一。曾受邀於莫斯科藝術劇院、慕尼黑國際電影電視學院、赫爾辛基大學執教大師班，並在哥本哈根、馬德裏、羅馬、裏斯本、阿姆斯特丹、柏林、蘇黎士、倫敦、裏加、雷剋雅末剋、西伯利亞伊爾庫茨剋等地開辦錶演工作坊。

萊納德·佩蒂特任挪威奧斯陸國傢藝術學院碩士課程教師，是“邁剋爾·契訶夫協會”（MICHA）的創始人之一，現任紐約“邁剋爾·契訶夫錶演工作室”藝術總監。其導演的百老匯戲劇作品《青蛙新娘》（The Frog Bride ) 於2006年獲得戲劇書桌奬的“獨特劇場體驗”奬提名。此外，萊納德·佩蒂特已在羅格斯大學碩士和本科的錶演課程中教授“邁剋爾·契訶夫錶演方法”長達25年之久。