Description
Building a Character is one of the three volumes that make up Stanislavski's The Acting Trilogy.
An Actor Prepares explores the inner preparation an actor must undergo in order to explore a role to the full. In this volume, Sir John Gielgud said, this great director "found time to explain a thousand things that have always troubled actors and fascinated students."
Building a Character discusses the external techniques of acting: the use of the body, movement, diction, singing, expression, and control.
Creating a Role describes the preparation that precedes actual performance, with extensive discussions of Gogol's The Inspector General and Shakespeare's Othello. Sir Paul Scofield called Creating a Role "immeasurably important" for the actor.
These three volumes belong on any actor's short shelf of essential books.
Author: Constantin Stanislavski
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04/28/1989
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.58w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780878309825
ISBN10: 0878309829
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Theater | Stagecraft & Scenography
- Performing Arts | Acting & Auditioning
About the Author
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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