An actor prepares / by Constantin Stanislavski ; translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938.

Contributor:

Hapgood, Elizabeth Reynolds.

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Standardized Title:

Rabota aktera nad soboĭ. 1. Rabota nad soboĭ v tvorcheskom prot͡sesse perezhivanii͡a. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Method acting.

Acting.

Physical Description:

viii,336 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, [2003]

Summary:

Stanislavski's "System" offers both a means of mastering the craft of acting and of stimulating the actor's individual creativeness and imagination. Generations of actors have been inspired by his ideas -- the "magic if," "emotional memory," the "unbroken line" -- and by that hallmark of Stanislavski's work, an unwavering commitment to theatrical truth.

Contents:

1. The First Test 1

2. When Acting Is an Art 13

3. Action 35

4. Imagination 59

5. Concentration of Attention 79

6. Relaxation of Muscles 103

7. Units and Objectives 121

8. Faith and a Sense of Truth 139

9. Emotion Memory 177

10. Communion 209

11. Adaptation 241

12. Inner Motive Forces 263

13. The Unbroken Line 271

14. The Inner Creative State 281

15. The Super-Objective 293

16. On the Threshold of the Subconscious 303.

Notes:

"A Theatre Arts book."

Originally published in Russian.

Translation of: Rabota aktera nad soboĭ. 1. Rabota nad soboĭ v tvorcheskom prot͡sesse perezhivanii͡a.

"Copyright renewed 1964 by Theatre Arts, Inc. ... Text reset, 2003" -- T.p. verso.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0878309837

OCLC:

52688914