Synopsis
Stanislavski - An Introduction
$15.99 Published by Methuen
An updated and revised edition of this essential Stanislavski handbook, re-jacketed to tie in with the companion volume Stanislavski and the Actor and the forthcoming Stanislavski in Rehearsal
The Stanislavski 'system' is still the only comprehensive method of actor training we possess. It is studied in schools and universities as well as professional theatre schools
The aim of this book is to show the slow growth of the 'system', from its roots in the tradition of Russian realism, and to chart the various phases it went through until the final emergence of the Method of Physical Action in the years before his death
It also provides a short account of the writing, publication and translation of his books on acting