Building A Character

Stanislavski, Constantin

ISBN 10: 0878309829 / ISBN 13: 9780878309825

Published by Routledge, 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building A Character
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878309829
• ISBN 13: 9780878309825
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

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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 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.