An Actor Prepares

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Geoffrey Bles, 1936 - Acting - 295 pages
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The first volume of Stanislavski's enduring trilogy on the art of acting defines the "System," a means of mastering the craft of acting and of stimulating the actor's individual creativeness and imagination.

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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 edition, now reprinted with a new ... Read full review

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In "An Actor Prepares", Stanislavski deals with the inward preparation an actor must undergo in order to explore a role to the its full. He introduces the concepts of the 'magic of' units and ... Read full review

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About the author (1936)

Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938), arguably the most influential director in the history of the theater, was the founder of the renowned Moscow Art Theater. A pioneer of psychological realism and improvisation on the stage, he devoted his life to developing the performance techniques now emulated throughout the world.

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TitleAn Actor Prepares
AuthorKonstantin Stanislavsky
Translated byElizabeth Reynolds Hapgood
PublisherGeoffrey Bles, 1936
ISBN0848811801, 9780848811808
Length295 pages
  
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