My Life In Art - Translated from the Russian by J. J. Robbins - With Illustrations
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My Life In Art - Translated from the Russian by J. J. Robbins - With Illustrations

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My Life In Art - Translated from the Russian by J. J. Robbins - With Illustrations

About this book

"My Life in Art" is the 1924 autobiography of seminal Russian actor and teacher Konstantin Stanislavski.The book is divided into four sections: "Artistic Childhood", "Artistic Youth", "Artistic Adolescence", and "Artistic Adulthood". Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski (1863 – 1938) was a Russian actor and theatre director, famous for the 'Stanislavski Method' of teaching acting. This fascinating volume constitutes a must-read for anyone with an interest in acting and it's history and development. Contents include: "Old Russia", "Family Life", "Struggles with Obstinacy", "Value of Childish Impressions", "Play Days", "Our Home Theatre". "A Suddenly Discovered Talent", "Russian Dramatic Schools", "The Little Theatre", "The Conservatory", "Anton Rubenstein", "Attempts in Operettas", "The Opera", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

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INDEX

A
Aglavaine and Selysette, 523
Akimova, 93
Aksakov, 93
Alexandrov, 334-335
Alexeiev Dramatic Circle, 135, 141, 144, 184
Alexeiev, Sergey Vladimirovich, 21
Alexeieva, Elisaveta Vassilievna, 21
Alexei, Tsar, 9, 11
Anathema, 557
And Pippa Dances, 449
Andreiev, Leonid (James Lynch) 492, 493, 494, 497, 557
Andreieva, 235, 263
Andreievsky, S. A., 376
Antakolsky, 14
Anteus, 119
Antigone, 301, 331
Arbatov (Arkhipov, N. N.), 300
Arteau, 11, 33
Artem, 147, 208, 345-346, 365
Assumption of Hannele, the, 248-255, 301, 496
At the Gates of the Kingdom, 472
B
Bach, 570
Bagaggilo, 11, 33
Bakhrushin, 13
Baksheiev, Petr, 557
Baliev, Nikita, 450, 457, 495
Balmont, K. D., 268
Baranov, 391-394
Barber of Seville, the 34
Barnay, 197, 244, 443
Bartet, 11, 235
Beethoven, 570
Belinsky, Vissarion, 93
Benois, Alexandr, 532, 545, 546, 549
Bernhardt, Sarah, 11, 380
Bitter Fate, 169-176, 178, 180, 282
Blaraembergh, Pavel Ivanovich, 201
Blind, the, 425
Blue Bird, the, 340, 490, 491, 494, 502, 503, 504, 536
Boleslavsky, Richard, 532
Bossi, 34
Brand, 345, 472
Bunin, Ivan, 367
Burdzhalov, G. S., 229, 263, 456, 489
Butova, 401
Byron, Lord, 556
C
Cabbage Parties, 450-457, 559
C...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Constantin Stanislavski
  4. A History of the Theatre
  5. Title
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Illustrations
  9. I. Old Russia
  10. II. Family Life
  11. III. Struggles with Obstinacy
  12. IV. Value of Childish Impressions
  13. V. Play Days
  14. VI. Our Home Theatre
  15. VII. A Suddenly Discovered Talent
  16. VIII. Russian Dramatic Schools
  17. IX. The Little Theatre
  18. X. The Conservatory
  19. XI. Anton Rubinstein
  20. XII. Attempts in Operettas
  21. XIII. The Opera
  22. XIV. The Mamontov Circle
  23. XV. The Society of Art and Literature
  24. XVI. Fundamentals of Art Material
  25. XVII. Marriage
  26. XVIII. Character Parts
  27. XIX. Genius of Director Kronek
  28. XX. First Experience as a Director
  29. XXI. Lev Tolstoy
  30. XXII. “Uriel Acosta”
  31. XXIII. “The Polish Jew”
  32. XXIV. The Professional Theatre
  33. XXV. New Stage Effects
  34. XXVI. Tommaso Salvini the Elder
  35. XXVII. Othello
  36. XXVIII. Meeting with Nemirovich-Danchenko
  37. XXIX. My Summer in Pushkino
  38. XXX. The Founding of the Moscow Art Theatre
  39. XXXI. The Productions of the Moscow Art Theatre
  40. XXXII. The Line of the Fantastic
  41. XXXIII. Symbolism and Impressionism
  42. XXXIV. “The Seagull”
  43. XXXV. “Uncle Vanya”
  44. XXXVI. The Journey to the Crimea in 1900
  45. XXXVII. “The Three Sisters”
  46. XXXVIII. The First Journey to Petrograd
  47. XXXIX. Journeys to the Provinces
  48. XL. The Line of Social and Political Moods
  49. XLI. “The Power of Darkness” and “The Enemy of the People”
  50. XLII. Julius CÆsar
  51. XLIII. The Last Year with Chekhov
  52. XLIV. “The Cherry Orchard”
  53. XLV. The Studio on Povarskaya
  54. XLVI. Our First Journey Abroad
  55. XLVII. The Cabbage Parties
  56. XLVIII. The Beginnings of My System
  57. XLIX. Leopold Sulerjitsky
  58. L. “The Drama of Life”
  59. LI. Disappointments
  60. LII. “The Life of Man”
  61. LIII. A Visit to Maeterlinck
  62. LIV. Isadora Duncan and Gordon Craig
  63. LV. The First Studio
  64. LVI. The Founding of the First Studio
  65. LVII. “A Month in the Country”
  66. LVIII. The War
  67. LIX. The Second Revolution
  68. LX. The Opera Studio
  69. LXI. My Life in Art
  70. Appendices
  71. List of the Productions of the Society of Art and Literature
  72. List of the Productions of the Moscow Art Theatre
  73. Index