The Stanislavski System The Professional Training of an Actor Second Revised E [Paperback]

This clearly written guide to the Stanislavski method has long been a favorite among students and teachers of acting. Now, in light of books and articles recently published in the Soviet Union, Sonia Moore has made revisions that include a new section on the subtext of a role. She provides detailed explanations of all the methods that actors in training have found indispensable for more than twenty years. Designed to create better actors, this guide will put individuals in touch with themselves and increase personal sensitivity as well.The Stanislavski SystemAuthor's Note to the Second Revised Edition

Preface by Sir John Gielgud

Foreword by Joshua Logan

Stanislavski and his System

The Method of Physical Actions

Elements of an Action

The Magic If
Given Circumstances
Imagination
Concentration of Attention
Truth and Belief
Communion
Adaptation
Tempop-Rhythm
Emotional Memory

Analysis through Events and Actions

The Super-Objective and the Through Line of Actions

The Actor's Physical Apparatus

Work on the Role: Building a Character

The Subtext of Behavior

The Director

Eugene Vakhtangov:TheDisciple

Bibliography
Index

Sonia Moorewas a theater director and an expert on Konstantin Stanislavski and his acting method. Founder and director of the American Center for Stanislavski Theater Art and the Sonia Moore Studio of the Theater, she also wrote extensively on the Stanislavski method, includingThe Stanislavski SystemandTraining an Actor: The Stanislavski System in Class. Moore died in 1995.

John Gielgud(1904–2000) was a legendary English actor and director, who was recognized as one of the “great trinity of theatrical knights” with Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier tl+