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An Actor Prepares (Bloomsbury Revelations)

An Actor Prepares (Bloomsbury Revelations)

by Constantin Stanislavski (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

    $19.20
Synopsis

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.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 25 Apr 2013
ISBN 10: 1780938438
ISBN 13: 9781780938431
Book Overview: One of the most important books on acting ever written, this is the book that introduced Stanislavski's influential 'system' to the English-speaking world.

Author Bio
Konstantin Stanislavski (1863-1938) was a Russian director who sought 'inner realism' by insisting that his actors find the truth within themselves and 'become' the characters they portrayed. His work brought international fame to the Moscow Art Theatre, which he had co-founded with Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko in 1897. During his early years at the Moscow Art Theatre, he directed the first productions of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (1899), Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904) as well as a series of celebrated versions of Shakespeare. Stanislavski toured America with the company in 1923. After World War II, the US edition of Stanislavski's treatise An Actor Prepares (1926) became a bible of the Method school of acting.