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Working on the Play and the Role: The Stanislavsky Method for Analyzing the Characters in a Drama Paperback - 1992

by Irina Levin; Igor Levin (Joint Author)

Stanislavsky developed his method of working on the play and the role over many years, but because it was constantly being modified and improved, only fragments of the method were ever recorded. Now Irina and Igor Levin have systematized the method, clearly setting forth its principles and demonstrating precisely how they are put to use. (Performing Arts)


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The Stanislavsky method for analyzing the characters in a drama, systematized for the first time and clearly explained, using the complete text of The Cherry Orchard as illustration.

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In order to create a living character on the stage, the actor needs more than masterful technique. He must work on the play in a way that will enable him to understand the meaning of each of the roles in it, and the nature of the relations between these roles. Stanislavsky developed his method of working on the play and the role over many years, but because it was constantly being modified and improved, only fragments of the method were ever recorded. Now Irina and Igor Levin have systematized the method, clearly setting forth its principles and demonstrating precisely how they are put to use. Using the complete text of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and breaking it into individual "events", they take the reader through each situation in the play, exploring the motivations and feelings of the characters. The reader emerges with a fine understanding of the play and its roles, and with a method that can be used successfully to analyze any drama.

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  • Title Working on the Play and the Role: The Stanislavsky Method for Analyzing the Characters in a Drama
  • Author Irina Levin; Igor Levin (Joint Author)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 187
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ivan R. Dee Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 1992-09-19
  • ISBN 9780929587936 / 0929587936
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.53 x 5.56 x 0.47 in (21.67 x 14.12 x 1.19 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Characters and characteristics in literature, Method (Acting)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92-3054
  • Dewey Decimal Code 792.028

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  • Ingram Advance, 10/01/1999, Page 270

About the author

Irina Levin worked for many years as an actress, director, and drama teacher in Russia. Since coming to the United States in 1976, she has taught and directed. Igor Levin is a mathematician.
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