Stanislavsky in Focus: An Acting Master for the Twenty-First Century Contributor(s): Carnicke, Sharon Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415774969 ISBN-13: 9780415774963 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Acting & Auditioning - Performing Arts | Business Aspects |
Dewey: 792.028 |
LCCN: 2008006798 |
Series: Routledge Theatre Classics |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Stanislavsky in Focus brilliantly examines the history and actual premises of Stanislavsky's 'System', separating myth from fact with forensic skill. The first edition of this now classic study showed conclusively how the 'System' was gradually transformed into the Method, popularised in the 1950s by Lee Strasberg and the Actor's Studio. It looked at the gap between the original Russian texts and what most English-speaking practitioners still imagine to be Stanislavsky's ideas. This thoroughly revised new edition also delves even deeper into:
The text has been updated to address all of the relevant scholarship, particularly in Russia, since the first edition was published. It also features an expanded glossary on the System's terminology and its historical exercises, as well as more on the political context of Stanislavsky's work, its links with cognitive science, and the System's relation to contemporary developments in actor-training. It will be a vital part of every practitioner's and historian's library. |