Building A Character - Hardcover

Constantin Stanislavski

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0878300120 ISBN 13: 9780878300129

Publisher: Routledge, 1987

Synopsis

Building a Character is one of the three volumes that make up Stanislavski’s The Acting Trilogy.

An Actor Prepares explores the inner preparation an actor must undergo in order to explore a role to the full. In this volume, Sir John Gielgud said, this great director “found time to explain a thousand things that have always troubled actors and fascinated students.”

Building a Character discusses the external techniques of acting: the use of the body, movement, diction, singing, expression, and control.

Creating a Role describes the preparation that precedes actual performance, with extensive discussions of Gogol’s The Inspector General and Shakespeare’s Othello. Sir Paul Scofield called Creating a Role “immeasurably important” for the actor.

These three volumes belong on any actor’s short shelf of essential books.

About this title

About the Author:

Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938), arguably the most influential director in the history of the theater, was the founder of the renowned Moscow Art Theater. A pioneer of psychological realism and improvisation on the stage, he devoted his life to developing the performance techniques now emulated throughout the world.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0878300120
• ISBN 13: 9780878300129
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352