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Acting Stanislavski
A practical guide to Stanislavski’s approach and legacy
- 320 pages
- English
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About this book
Stanislavski was the first to outline a systematic approach for using our experience, imagination and observation to create truthful acting. 150 years after his birth, his approach is more widely embraced and taught throughout the world – but is still often rejected, misunderstood and misapplied.
In Acting Stanislavski, John Gillett offers a clear, accessible and comprehensive account of the Stanislavski approach, from the actor's training to final performance, exploring:
ease and focus
the nature of action, interaction and objectives
the imaginary reality, senses and feeling
active analysis of text
physical and vocal expression of character
the actor in the context of training and the industry.
Drawing on Stanislavski's major books, in both English translations, and on records of his directing process and final studio classes, Acting Stanislavski demystifies terms and concepts. It is for actors from an actor's point of view, and offers many practical exercises and examples as an integrated part of each subject.
Acting Stanislavski also creates an up-to-date overview of the Stanislavski approach, connecting his legacy with the work of his successors, from Michael Chekhov to Meisner, Adler and Strasberg.
A new, extended and fully updated edition of Acting on Impulse: Reclaiming the Stanislavski Approach (Methuen Drama, 2007), Acting Stanislavski now includes new exercises and biographies, a further chapter on The Character, and an expanded glossary along with many other additions to the previous chapters. It is an essential practical and educational resource for any acting student, professional or teacher.
In Acting Stanislavski, John Gillett offers a clear, accessible and comprehensive account of the Stanislavski approach, from the actor's training to final performance, exploring:
ease and focus
the nature of action, interaction and objectives
the imaginary reality, senses and feeling
active analysis of text
physical and vocal expression of character
the actor in the context of training and the industry.
Drawing on Stanislavski's major books, in both English translations, and on records of his directing process and final studio classes, Acting Stanislavski demystifies terms and concepts. It is for actors from an actor's point of view, and offers many practical exercises and examples as an integrated part of each subject.
Acting Stanislavski also creates an up-to-date overview of the Stanislavski approach, connecting his legacy with the work of his successors, from Michael Chekhov to Meisner, Adler and Strasberg.
A new, extended and fully updated edition of Acting on Impulse: Reclaiming the Stanislavski Approach (Methuen Drama, 2007), Acting Stanislavski now includes new exercises and biographies, a further chapter on The Character, and an expanded glossary along with many other additions to the previous chapters. It is an essential practical and educational resource for any acting student, professional or teacher.
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Table of contents
- What Practitioners said about The First Edition
- Title
- Contents 
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction – acting in context
- PART ONE STARTING FROM NOTHING
- 1 Awareness
- 2 Ease and focus
- PART TWO IMAGINATION AND ACTION – CREATING THE FOUNDATIONS
- 3 Acting in circumstances
- 4 Acting with others
- 5 What do I want?
- PART THREE DEVELOPING THE IMAGINARY REALITY – IMAGES, SENSING, FEELING
- 6 Imagining the action
- 7 Sensing
- 8 Feeling
- 9 Atmosphere
- PART FOUR EXPLORING TEXT AND CHARACTER
- 10 Meeting the play
- 11 Meeting the character
- PART FIVE CREATING THE LIFE OF THE ROLE
- 12 Discovering the action – active analysis
- 13 Embodiment – physical expression of the character
- 14 Refining the role
- 15 The character
- PART SIX BEYOND THE ROLE
- 16 Acting ethics
- 17 Working together
- 18 An open conclusion
- A map of the organic acting process
- Glossary
- Selected bibliography
- Index
- Copyright