Written with the same warmth, liveliness and ability to re-create reality that made Stanislavski a great actor, his autobiography tells of his childhood in the world of Moscow's wealthy merchants, his successes and failures as an amateur actor, how he studied human beings, and developed what has come to be known as the "Stanislavski Method," how his group of dedicated amateurs became "perhaps the greatest acting group the world has ever known ("Washington Post")," The Moscow Art Theatre.
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"A great figure upon the world scene, one of the greatest men of the theatre that ever lived." -- N.Y. Herald-Tribune
"It was a source of great enlightenment to me." -- Sir Laurence Olivier
"This wise and delightful book . . . is packed with sage practical counsel to actors and actresses." -- The Times Literary Supplement (London)
"This wise and delightful book...is packed with sage practical counsel to actors and actresses." (The Times Literary Supplement (London)) -- Times Literary Supplement (U.K.)
"It was a source of great enlightenment to me." -- Sir Laurence Olivier
"This wise and delightful book . . . is packed with sage practical counsel to actors and actresses." -- The Times Literary Supplement (London)
"This wise and delightful book...is packed with sage practical counsel to actors and actresses." (The Times Literary Supplement (London)) -- Times Literary Supplement (U.K.)
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"Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art." Truly one of the world's greatest arts educators, Stanislavsky's autobiography is beautifully written. It is a fascinating portrait of the history of modern acting and also of Russian history. Absolutely key for understanding the Method, and the development of today's theater.
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Stanislavsky is still the most influential figure in modern or contemporary theater. In this book, he is open about his life especially the rough years in Russia, his first exposure to the theater, his first time at directing. He also writes about his professional relationship with another Russian, Anton Chekhov. He writes about his travels mostly in Russia such as his journeys to Petrograd, the Russian provinces that inspired many of Chekhov's plays, and of course his first journey abroad. The book is really for theater junkies like myself who would have loved to have been a theatrical actress or director but life isn't so bad. He has directed William Shakespeare's tragedies like Othello and Julius Caesar along with Chekhov favorites like The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya and The Sea Gull. Stanislavsky also founded and developed the Moscow Theater Company. He did it all for love, not money nor fame. He became rich in so many other ways.
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For those in the arts, and especially those in dramatic art, this book is a must. It is the account of the father of modern truthful acting and a look into what a life spent towards creating art is about. While at times the book can drag a bit and get wordy, there is too much insight and inspiration in this book to pass it by. It is so wonderful to have an account of this mans amazing life in his own words to read, study and eventually aim for.
A must read for those of the stage!
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I was born in Moscow in 1863, a time that may well be taken as a dividing point between two great epochs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ballet maniac, theatrical pathos, inner technique, weak string, creative mood, stage director, vaudeville skit, scenic art Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Anton Pavlovich, Tsar Fyodor, Moscow Art Theatre, Uncle Vanya, Great Theatre, The Drama of Life, Lev Nikolaevich, Auntie Vera, The Blue Bird, The Cherry Orchard, Hunting Club, Don Juan, Ivan the Terrible, Meiningen Players, Musical Society, Miser Knight, The Enemy of the People, Uriel Acosta, Vladimir Ivanovich, Doctor Stockman, Glikeria Fedotova, Mikhail Semyonovich, Anton Rubinstein, Les Huguenots, Lev Tolstoy New!
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ballet maniac, theatrical pathos, inner technique, weak string, creative mood, stage director, vaudeville skit, scenic art Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Anton Pavlovich, Tsar Fyodor, Moscow Art Theatre, Uncle Vanya, Great Theatre, The Drama of Life, Lev Nikolaevich, Auntie Vera, The Blue Bird, The Cherry Orchard, Hunting Club, Don Juan, Ivan the Terrible, Meiningen Players, Musical Society, Miser Knight, The Enemy of the People, Uriel Acosta, Vladimir Ivanovich, Doctor Stockman, Glikeria Fedotova, Mikhail Semyonovich, Anton Rubinstein, Les Huguenots, Lev Tolstoy New!
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- The Cherry Orchard by David Mamet on 9 pages
- Uncle Vanya by David Mamet on 8 pages
- Uncle Vanya (Oxford Paperbacks) by A.P. Chekhov on 7 pages
- The Power of Darkness (Absolute Classics) by Leo Tolstoy on 5 pages
- A Month in the Country (Oxford World's Classics) by Ivan Turgenev on page 381, page 540, and page 541
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- Stanislavsky in Focus (Russian Theatre Archive, Volume 17) by Sharon Marie Carnicke on 14 pages
- Stanislavsky in Focus: An Acting Master for the Twenty-First Century (Contemporary Theatre Studies) by Sharon Marie Carnicke on 14 pages
- A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre by Christopher Innes on 9 pages
- Science and the Stanislavsky Tradition of Acting (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies) by Jonathan Pitches on 7 pages
- Systems of Rehearsal: Stanislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski, and Brook by Shomit Mitter on 7 pages
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