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Best known for his fundamental work on acting, Stanislavski was
deeply drawn to the challenges of opera. His brilliant chapters
here on Russian classics--BorisGudonov and The Queen of Spades
among them--as well as LaBoheme will amaze and delight lovers of
opera. Also includes 12 musical examples.
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and
Francis, an informa company.
Best known for his fundamental work on acting, Stanislavski was
deeply drawn to the challenges of opera. His brilliant chapters
here on Russian classics--"Boris Gudonov" and "The Queen of Spades"
among them--as well as "La Boheme" will amaze and delight lovers of
opera. Also includes 12 musical examples.
"An Actor Prepares" is the first volume of Stanislavski's enduring
trilogy on the art of acting. Fusing psychological realism and
expressionism, his exploratory exercises teach actors to evoke past
emotions that draw out their vulnerability. Stanislavski here
introduces such concepts as the "magic if," "emotion memory," the
"unbroken line" and many more now famous rehearsal aids. This
classic manual is written from the viewpoint of fictional actors
taking lessons from a director (based on Stanislavski). Through the
student's mistakes, questions, revelations, and struggles,
Stanislavski teaches the actor about the stage, truth, and life
itself.
An Actor Prepares is the most famous acting training book ever to
have been written and the work of Stanislavski has inspired
generations of actors and trainers. This translation was the first
to introduce Stanislavski's 'system' to the English speaking world
and has stood the test of time in acting classes to this day.
Stanislavski here deals with the inward preparation an actor must
undergo in order to explore a role to the full. He introduces the
concepts of the 'magic if' units and objectives, of emotion memory,
of the super-objective and many more now famous rehearsal aids. Now
available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series to mark the 150th
anniversary of Stanislavski's birth, this is an essential read for
actors, directors and anyone interested in the art of drama.
"Building a Character," the second volume in Stanislavski's
acclaimed trilogy, continues the total immersion in technique and
class scenarios begun in "An Actor Prepares."
No one has had a greater influence on acting as we know it than
Stanislavski. His 'method' - or interpretations of it - has become
the central force determining almost every performance we see on
stage or screen. In My Life in Art Stanislavski recalls his
theatrical career, from his early experiences in Rubinstein's
Russian Musical Society to his final triumphs with Chekhov at the
Moscow Art Theatre. His vivid accounts of his own most famous
productions including 'The Seagul' and 'Uncle Vanya' are
interspersed with anecdotes of the famous - of Kommisarjevksy,
Tolstoy, Gorky, and of the Moscow visit of Isadora Duncan and
Gordon Craig.
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Creating A Role (Paperback)
Constantin Stanislavski; Introduction by John Gillett
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R464
Discovery Miles 4 640
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Creating A Role is the third book - alongside the international
bestseller An Actor Prepares and Building A Character - in the
series of influential translations that introduced Stanislavski's
acting 'system' to the English-speaking world. Here Stanislavski
describes the elaborate preparation that an actor must undergo
before the actual performance itself. Now published in the
Bloomsbury Revelations series to mark the 150th anniversary of
Stanislavski's birth, the book includes the director's analysis of
such works as Othello and Gogol's Inspector General.
Creating a Roleis the culmination of Stanislavski's masterful
trilogy on the art of acting. An Actor Prepares focused on the
inner training of an actor's imagination. Building a
Characterdetailed how the actor's body and voice could be tuned for
the great roles he might fill.
This third volume examines the development of a character from the
viewpoint of three widely contrasting plays: Griboyedov's Woe from
Wit, Shakespeare's Othello, and Gogol's The Inspector General.
Building on the first two books, Stanislavski demonstrates how a
fully realized character is born in three stages: "studying it;
establishing the life of the role; putting it into physical
form."
Tracing the actor's process from the first reading to production,
he explores how to approach roles from inside and outside
simultaneously. He shows how to recount the story in actor's terms,
how to create an inner life that will give substance to the
author's words, and how to search into one's own experiences to
connect with the character's situation. Finally, he speaks of the
physical expression of the character in gestures, sounds,
intonation, and speech. Throughout, a picture of a real artist at
work emerges, sometimes failing, but always seeking truthful
answers.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
In this follow up to his most famous book, An Actor Prepares,
Stanislavski develop his influential 'system' of acting by
exploring the imaginative processes at the heart of the actor's
craft. Building a Character deals with the physical realisation of
character on the stage through such tools as expressions, movement
and speech. It is a book in which every theory is inextricably
bound up with practice - a perfect handbook to the physical art of
acting. The work of Stanislavski has inspired generations of actors
and trainers and - available now in the Bloomsbury Revelations
series to mark the 150th anniversary of Stanislavski's birth - it
remains an essential read for actors and directors at all stages of
their careers.
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