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Stanislavski - His Life and Art

Stanislavski - His Life and Art $31.99, $23.99 (25% off)

Jean Benedetti

Published by Methuen

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Jean Benedetti's critical biography of Konstantin Stanislavski, one of the towering figures of twentieth-century theatre, has been fully revised and expanded offering new facts and insights into Stanislavski's life and arts

This new edition, written with unprecedented access to original Russian material including letters and production notes never previously translated, explores the collaboration and often bitter disputes with Nemirovich Danchenko, co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre, and traces further Stanislavski's often troubled relationship with the company he led

It also gives a new account of the difficulties and tensions that lay behind the highly influential 1922-4 American tour as well as fuller versions of key moments in Stanislavski's career - his arbitrary arrest in 1919 and his troubled relationship with the Soviet regime over artistic differences

A greater understanding of how Stanislavski's seminal books on acting came to be written, edited and translated into English only to lead to gross misunderstanding of his work; plus the best understanding yet of the evolution of Stanislavski's revolutionary acting 'system'

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"This is the most complete description yet available in English of Stanislavski's real life in art" ~ New York Times

"Benedetti's biography rescues Stanislavski from his stereotypes and will reinstate him for this and coming theatrical generations. It's written with the clarity of shape, firmness of purpose and fullness of emotion that mark out a good piece of acting" - Guardian

"Both extremely informative and highly readable, this biography will become the one indispensable book in English for anyone beginning to study not just Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre, but also the foundations of modern acting and directing" ~ Theatre Research International

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