Stanislavski's Legacy [Paperback]

You couldn't ask for a more definitive, fascinating discussion of the art of acting . . . a real service and probably one of the year's most valuable theatre books. -- Washington Post
It is filled with wisdom and interpretation of life as seen through theatrical art that no one really interested in the theatre can afford to miss. -- DramaticsForeword to the Second Edition; Editors Part 1 In art you do not command, you persuade&.; Chapter 1 The Long-Hoped-for Child; Chapter 2 What Shall We Learn?; Chapter 3 The Hard Job of Being an Actor; Chapter 4 Types of Actors; Chapter 5 On Being Truthful in Acting; Chapter 6 Acting Looks Easy; Chapter 7 An Actor Is a Teacher of Beauty and TruthLetter to a Young Student; Chapter 8 Lively Art; Chapter 9 How to Talk to Actors; Chapter 10 Talks with Singers to Be Trained as Actors; Chapter 11 Talks with Opera and Acting Students; Chapter 12 Opera Rules; Chapter 13 The Bond Between Music and Action; Chapter 14 Technique of the Creative Mood; Chapter 15 Physical Action as a Means to an End; Chapter 16 Talent, Inspiration and Professionalism; Chapter 17 Back to WorkThe Beginning of the Season; Chapter 18 Back to StudyTalks with Established Actors; Chapter 19 The Life of a True Artist; Part 2 The value of any art is determined by its spiritual content&.; Chapter 20 After Ten Years in the Art Theatre; Chapter 21 On the Death of Tolstoy; Chapter 22 Chekhovs Influence on the Art Theatre; Chapter 23 Memories of Chekhov; Chapter 24 Messages about The Cherry Orchard; Part 3 My system is the result of lifelong searchings&.; Chapter 25 On Reaching the Public; Chapter 26 Conversation in an Actors Dressing Room; Chapter 27 On Drama Criticism and Critics; Chapter 28 Why and When Play Melodrama; Chapter 29 Young Actors in Mob Scenes; Chapter 30 What Is the Grotesque?; Chapter 31 The Inner Pattern of the Role; Chapter 32 The Mysterious World of The Blue Bird; Chapter 33 On Playing Othl“Ø