An actor prepares
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 of' units and objectives, of emotion memory, of the super-objective and many more now famous rehearsal aids. An inspiration
1 online resource (283 pages).
9781780937335, 9781780936383, 9781780938431, 1780937334, 1780936389, 1780938438
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The first test
When acting is an art
Action
Imagination
Concentration of attention
Relaxation of muscles
Units and objectives
Faith and a sense of truth
Emotion memory
Communion
Adaptation
Inner motive forces
The unbroken line
The inner creative state
The super-objective
On the threshold of the subconscious
Translation of: Rabota aktera nad soboĭ. 1. Rabota nad soboĭ v tvorcheskom prot︠s︡esse perezhivanii︠a︡
Originally published in Great Britain in 1937 by Geoffrey Bles Ltd