No one has had a greater influence on acting as we know it than Stanislavski. His 'method' - or interpretations of it - has become the central force determining almost every performance we see on stage or screen.
In My Life in Art Stanislavski recalls his theatrical career, from his early experiences in Rubinstein's Russian Musical Society to his final triumphs with Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre. His vivid accounts of his own most famous productions including 'The Seagul' and 'Uncle Vanya' are interspersed with anecdotes of the famous - of Kommisarjevksy, Tolstoy, Gorky, and of the Moscow visit of Isadora Duncan and Gordon Craig.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Old Russia
- Chapter 2: Family Life
- Chapter 3: Struggles with Obstinacy
- Chapter 4: Value of Childish Impressions
- Chapter 5: Play Days
- Chapter 6: Our Home Theatre
- Chapter 7: A Suddenly Discovered Talent
- Chapter 8: Russian Dramatic Schools
- Chapter 9: The Little Theatre
- Chapter 10: The Conservatory
- Chapter 11: Anton Rubinstein
- Chapter 12: Attempts in Operettas
- Chapter 13: The Opera
- Chapter 14: The Mamontov Circle
- Chapter 15: The Society of Art and Literature
- Chapter 16: Fundamentals of Art Material
- Chapter 17: Marriage
- Chapter 18: Character Parts
- Chapter 19: Genius of Director Kronek
- Chapter 20: First Experience as a Director
- Chapter 21: Lev Tolstoy
- Chapter 22: “Uriel Acosta”
- Chapter 23: “The Polish Jew”
- Chapter 24: The Professional Theatre
- Chapter 25: New Stage Effects
- Chapter 26: Tommaso Salvini the Elder
- Chapter 27: Othello
- Chapter 28: Meeting with Nemirovich-Danchenko
- Chapter 29: My Summer in Pushkino
- Chapter 30: The Founding of the Moscow Art Theatre
- Chapter 31: The Productions of the Moscow Art Theatre
- Chapter 32: The Line of the Fantastic
- Chapter 33: Symbolism and Impressionism
- Chapter 34: “The Seagull”
- Chapter 35: “Uncle Vanya”
- Chapter 36: The Journey to the Crimea in 1900
- Chapter 37: “The Three Sisters”
- Chapter 38: The First Journey to Petrograd
- Chapter 39: Journeys to the Provinces
- Chapter 40: The Line of Social and Political Moods
- Chapter 41: “The Power of Darkness” and “The Enemyof the People”
- Chapter 42: “Julius Cæsar”
- Chapter 43: The Last Year with Chekhov
- Chapter 44: “The Cherry Orchard”
- Chapter 45: The Studio on Povarskaya
- Chapter 46: Our First Journey Abroad
- Chapter 47: The Cabbage Parties
- Chapter 48: The Beginnings of My System
- Chapter 49: Leopold Sulerjitsky
- Chapter 50: “The Drama of Life”
- Chapter 51: Disappointments
- Chapter 52: “The Life of Man”
- Chapter 53: A Visit to Maeterlinck
- Chapter 54: Isadora Duncan and Gordon Craig
- Chapter 55: The First Studio
- Chapter 56: The Founding of the First Studio
- Chapter 57: “A Month in the Country”
- Chapter 58: The War
- Chapter 59: The Second Revolution
- Chapter 60: The Opera Studio
- Chapter 61: My Life in Art
- Appendices
- Index
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