Friends of Stanislavsky have long known that he wished to leave a record of the methods by which the Moscow Art Company was built up, in such a form that it could be of use to actors and producers after his death. The first time he mentioned this wish to me he spoke of the projected work as a grammar of acting. In his own My Life in Art, and in similar expressions by persons who studied under him, a wholly different contribution has been made, one much easier, and in his opinion of lesser importance. A manual, a handbook, a working textbook has been his dream, and a most difficult one to realize. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.read more
Read this book for drama at school and surprisingly loved it!The fiction style of writing intrigued me and i found helped 'stan' get his point across successfully. It made a resonable story despite its content. Would highly recommend itread more
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rkc6drama
In "An Actor Prepares", Stanislavski deals with the inward preparation an actor must undergo in order to explore a role to the its full. He introduces the concepts of the 'magic of' units and objectives, of emotion memory, of the super-objective and many more now famous rehearsal aids. "An Actor must work all his life, cultivate his mind, train his talents systematically, develop his character; he may never despair and never relinquish this main pupose - to love his art with all his strength and love it unselfishly." - (Constantin Stanislavski).read more
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antiquary_1
Unexpected (by me) format --fictionalized account of one actor's training in Stanislavski's famous "method"read more
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sholt2001
This is a must-read for any actor or director. Not only will the information within give you valuable insight, but it's referenced too often to not read. The narrative format serves not only to make it more interesting than a typical acting text, but also to illustrate the practical application of the ideas within.read more
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