Stanislavski's system has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s-1930s. In this volume, Benedetti translates his huge manual into a lively, fascinating, and accurate text that remains faithful to the author's original intentions.
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Stanislavski's system has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s-1930s. In this volume, Benedetti translates his huge manual into a lively, fascinating, and accurate text that remains faithful to the author's original intentions.
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Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 693 p. Contains: Line drawings, black & white. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2007045357 Type of material Book Personal name Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938. Uniform title Rabota aktera nad soboi?. English Main title An actor's work: a student's diary / Konstantin Stanislavski; translated and edited by Jean Benedetti. Published/Created London; New York: Routledge, 2008. Description xxviii, 693 p.; 25 cm. ISBN 9780415422239 (hardback: alk. paper) 041542223X (hardback: alk. paper) 9780203936153 (e-book) 0203936159 (e-book) LC classification PN2062. S7613 2008 Related names Benedetti, Jean. Contents Introduction / Declan Donnellan--Translator's foreword / Jean Benedetti--Publisher's acknowledgements--An Actor's Work, original draft preface [extracts]--Year one: Experiencing--An Actor's Work, introduction--1. Amateurism--2. The stage as art and stock-in-trade--3. Action, 'if', 'given circumstances'--4. Imagination--5. Concentration and attention--6. Muscular release--7. Bits and tasks--8. Belief and the sense of truth--9. Emotion memory--10. Communication--11. An actor's adaptations and other elements, qualities, aptitudes and gifts--12. Inner psychological drives--13. Inner psychological drives in action--14. The actor's inner creative state--15. The supertask, throughaction--16. The subconscious and the actor's creative state--Year two: Embodiment--17. Transition to physical embodiment--18. Physical education--19. Voice and speech--20. Perspective of the actor and the role--21. Tempo-rhythm--22. Logic and sequence--23. Physical characteristics--24. The finishing touches--25. Charisma--26. Ethics and discipline--27. The external creative state in performance--28. General creative state in performance--29. The 'system'--Appendices--Endnotes--Glossary of key terms--Afterword / Anatoly Smeliansky. LC Subjects Method acting. Notes Translated from the Russian. Dewey class no. 792.02/8 Language code eng rus National bib no. GBA783878 National bib agency no. 014100527 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn180690047
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