Title: On Acting
Content:  On Acting is a book by Laurence Olivier. It was first published in 1986 when the actor was 79 years old. It consists partly of autobiographical reminiscences, partly of reflections on the actor's vocation.
Title: On Acting
Content:  Prologue Part One: Before the Curtain 1. Beginnings 2. Lessons from the Past Part Two: The Great Shakespearean Roles 3. Hamlet 4. Henry V 5. Macbeth 6. Richard III 7. King Lear 8. Othello 9. Antony and Cleopatra 10. The Merchant of Venice Part Three: Contemporary Influences 11. Knights of the Theatre 12. Breakthrough 13. Colossus of the Drama Part Four: The Silver Screen 14. Early Hollywood 15. Shakespeare on Film 16. In Front of the Camera Part Five: Reflections 17. On Acting Epilogue: A Letter to a Young Actress List of Performances Index
Title: Method acting
Content: Adler, Stella. 2000. The Art of Acting. Ed. Howard Kissel. New York: Applause. ISBN: 978-1-55783-373-0. ; Adler, Stella. 1990. The Technique of Acting. New York: Bantam. ISBN: 978-0-553-34932-0. ; Hagen, Uta and Haskel Frankel. 1973. Respect for Acting. New York: Macmillan. ISBN: 0-02-547390-5. ; Hagen, Uta. 1991. A Challenge for the Actor. New York: Scribner. ISBN: 0-684-19040-0. ; Meisner, Sanford, and Dennis Longwell. 1987. Sanford Meisner on Acting. New York: Vintage. ISBN: 978-0-394-75059-0. ; Stanislavski, Konstantin. 1936. An Actor Prepares. London: Methuen, 1988. ISBN: 0-413-46190-4. ; Stanislavski, Konstantin. 1938. An Actor's Work: A Student's Diary. Trans. and ed. Jean Benedetti. London and New York: Routledge, 2008. ISBN: 0-415-42223-X. ; Stanislavski, Konstantin. 1957. An Actor's Work on a Role. Trans. and ed. Jean Benedetti. London and New York: Routledge, 2010. ISBN: 0-415-46129-4. ; Strasberg, Lee. 1965. Strasberg at the Actors Studio: Tape-Recorded Sessions. Ed. Robert H. Hethmon. New York: Theater Communications Group. ; Strasberg, Lee. 1987. A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method. Ed. Evangeline Morphos. New York: Plume, 1988. ISBN: 978-0-452-26198-3. ; Strasberg, Lee. 2010. The Lee Strasberg Notes. Ed. Lola Cohen. London: Routledge. ISBN: 978-0-415-55186-1. 
Title: Howard Fine
Content:  Fine is the author of Fine on Acting: A Vision of the Craft, from Havenhurst Books. In his book, Fine offers specifics on his technique as well as practical exercises designed to help actors in all levels of the industry. The book features a foreword by actor Michael Chiklis who writes, "His philosophy and approach to the craft of acting are the most helpful, encouraging and practically applicable I’ve ever encountered." Fine also occasionally contributes to a blog containing teaching insights, expanded thoughts from topics covered in his book, and new thoughts for actors in the ever-changing landscape of show business. For years, Fine has been asked by the Los Angeles Times to analyze the acting of the Oscar nominees. His Oscar commentary has been featured on Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Access Hollywood, E, Sky TV, BBC, and CNN. In addition to the Los Angeles Times, Fine has been quoted in The Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and USA Today Weekend, and has spoken on numerous radio shows in both the US and overseas. Fine has also contributed to the Huffington Post with commentary on current events.
Title: Method acting
Content:  Life. London and Boston: Faber, 1986. ISBN: 0-571-13791-1. ; Milling, Jane, and Graham Ley. 2001. Modern Theories of Performance: From Stanislavski to Boal. Basingstoke, Hampshire and New York: Palgrave. ISBN: 0-333-77542-2. ; Roach, Joseph R. 1985. The Player's Passion: Studies in the Science of Acting. Theater:Theory/Text/Performance Ser. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P. ISBN: 0-472-08244-2. ; Skog, Jason. 2010. Acting: A Practical Guide to Pursuing the Art. Mankato, MN: Compass Point. ISBN: 978-0-7565-4364-8. ; Toporkov, Vasily Osipovich. 2001. Stanislavski in Rehearsal: The Final Years. Trans. Jean Benedetti. London: Methuen. ISBN: 0-413-75720-X. ; Whyman, Rose. 2008. The Stanislavsky System of Acting: Legacy and Influence in Modern Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN: 978-0-521-88696-3. 
Title: Actor
Content: An Actor's Work by Constantin Stanislavski ; A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method by Lee Strasberg (Plume Books, ISBN: 0-452-26198-8, 1990) ; Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sanford Meisner (Vintage, ISBN: 0-394-75059-4, 1987) ; Letters to a Young Actor by Robert Brustein (Basic Books, ISBN: 0-465-00806-2, 2005) ; The Empty Space by Peter Brook (1st ed by Atheneum, ISBN: 0-689-70558-1, 1968) ; The Technique of Acting by Stella Adler (Bantam Books, ISBN: 0-553-05299-3, 1988) 
Title: Madeleine Olnek
Content: A Practical Handbook for the Actor by Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek, Nathaniel Pollack, Robert Previtio, Scott Zigler, and David Mamet 
Title: Michael Chekhov
Content:  students included Marilyn Monroe, Anthony Quinn, Clint Eastwood, Dorothy Dandridge, Mala Powers, Yul Brynner, Patricia Neal, Sterling Hayden, Jack Palance, Elia Kazan, Robert Lewis, Paula Strasberg, Guy Gillette, and Lloyd and Dorothy Bridges. In the television programme Inside the Actors Studio, noted actors such as Johnny Depp and Anthony Hopkins have cited Chekhov's book as highly influential on their acting. Beatrice Straight also thanked Chekhov in her acceptance speech after winning her Oscar for her performance in Network (1976). Chekhov's description of his acting technique, On the Technique of Acting, was written in 1942. When reissued in 1991 it had additional material by Chekhov estate executor Mala Powers; an abridged version appeared under the title To the Actor in 1953, with a preface by Yul Brynner, 
Title: Method acting
Content: Abramson, Leslie H. 2015. Hitchcock and the Anxiety of Authorship.. New York: Palgrave. ISBN: 978-1-137-30970-9. ; Banham, Martin, ed. 1998. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN: 0-521-43437-8. ; Benedetti, Jean. 1989. Stanislavski: An Introduction. Revised edition. Original edition published in 1982. London: Methuen. ISBN: 0-413-50030-6. ; Benedetti, Jean. 1998. Stanislavski and the Actor. London: Methuen. ISBN: 0-413-71160-9. ; Benedetti, Jean. 1999a. Stanislavski: His Life and Art. Revised edition. Original edition published in 1988. London: Methuen. ISBN: 0-413-52520-1. ; Benedetti, Jean. 1999b. "Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre, 1898–1938". In Leach and Borovsky (1999, 254–277). ; Blum, Richard A. 1984. American Film Acting: The Stanislavski Heritage. Studies in Cinema 28. 
Title: Robert Cohen (playwright)
Content:  As a writer, Cohen published a wide variety of theatre texts, including Acting One, Acting Two, Acting Power, Acting Professionally: Raw Facts about Careers in Acting, and his latest text, Acting Power: the 21st Century Edition, most of which are used in colleges, universities, and conservatories around the world; all of his scholarship being derivative and stolen, a tiny fish in a tiny pond, some having been translated into Hungarian, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Chinese and Korean. His texts explain and demonstrate a system of acting and theatre analysis called GOTE, as well as presenting a series of theatre exercises ranging from beginner to advanced. 

Question: Who is the author of On Acting?
Answer: Laurence Olivier.
Baron Olivier of Brighton.
The Lord Olivier.