Synopsis
Stanislavski - An Introduction
Published by Methuen
The Stanislavski 'system' is still the only comprehensive method of actor training we possess. It is studied in schools and universities as well as professional theatre schools
The aim of this book is to show the slow growth of the 'system', from its roots in the tradition of Russian realism, and to chart the various phases it went through until the final emergence of the Method of Physical Action in the years before his death
It also provides a short account of the writing, publication and translation of his books on acting