The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor; Second Revised Edition

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Overview

This clearly written guide to the Stanislavski method has long been a favorite among students and teachers of acting. Now, in light of books and articles recently published in the Soviet Union, Sonia Moore has made revisions that include a new section on the subtext of a role. She provides detailed explanations of all the methods that actors in training have found indispensable for more than twenty years. Designed to create better actors, this guide will put individuals in touch with themselves and increase personal sensitivity as well.
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Overview

This clearly written guide to the Stanislavski method has long been a favorite among students and teachers of acting. Now, in light of books and articles recently published in the Soviet Union, Sonia Moore has made revisions that include a new section on the subtext of a role. She provides detailed explanations of all the methods that actors in training have found indispensable for more than twenty years. Designed to create better actors, this guide will put individuals in touch with themselves and increase personal sensitivity as well.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780140466607
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 10/28/1984
  • Edition description: REV
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 112
  • Sales rank: 141,310
  • Series: Penguin Handbook Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.14 (w) x 7.82 (h) x 0.34 (d)

Table of Contents

Author's Note to the Second Revised Edition vii
Preface ix
Foreword xiii
Stanislavski and His System 3
The Method of Physical Actions 17
Elements of an Action 25
The "Magic If" 25
Given Circumstances 26
Imagination 27
Concentration of Attention 29
Truth and Belief 32
Communion 35
Adaptation 38
Tempo-Rhythm 40
Emotional Memory 41
Analysis through Events and Actions 46
The Super-Objective and the Through Line of Actions 49
The Actor's Physical Apparatus 52
Work on the Role: Building a Character 55
The Subtext of Behavior 68
The Director 73
Eugene Vakhtangov: The Disciple 77
Bibliography 91
Index 93
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