An Actor Prepares

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Routledge, Apr 28, 1989 - Performing Arts - 344 pages
Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well.

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Contents

The First Test
1
When Acting Is an Art
13
Action
35
Imagination
59
Concentration of Attention
79
Relaxation of Muscles
103
Units and Objectives
121
Faith and a Sense of Truth
139
Communion
209
Adaptation
241
Inner Motive Forces
263
The Unbroken Line
271
The Inner Creative State
281
The SuperObjective
293
On the Threshold of Subconscious
303
Copyright

Emotion Memory
177

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About the author (1989)

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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