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An Actor Prepares

An Actor Prepares Paperback - 1989

by Constantin Stanislavski; Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood (Translator)

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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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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WE WERE EXCITED as we waited for our first lesson with the Director, Tortsov, today.

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  • Title An Actor Prepares
  • Author Constantin Stanislavski; Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1989-04-28
  • ISBN 9780878309832 / 0878309837
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.54 x 0.73 in (20.88 x 14.07 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Method (Acting), Method acting
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89146170
  • Dewey Decimal Code 792.028

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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