Constantin Stanislavski

An Actor Prepares is the most famous acting training book ever written, and the work of Stanislavski has inspired generations of actors and trainers. This translation was the first to introduce Stanislavski's 'system' to the English-speaking world and has stood the test of time in acting classes to this day. Stanislavski deals with the inward preparation an actor must undergo...

Stanislavski was the foremost influence on the "Method" school of acting, as developed by Lee Strasberg. Here in concise form is what Stanislavski himself said about acting, aimed at students, experienced theatre people and laymen interested in stagecraft. These collected short statements on a variety of subjects cannot replace the full expression of Stanislavski's ideas and discoveries in his other...

No one has had a greater influence on acting as we know it than Stanislavski. His 'method'—or interpretations of it—has become the central force determining almost every performance we see on stage or screen. In My Life in Art, Stanislavski recalls his theatrical career, from his early experiences in Rubinstein's Russian Musical Society to his final triumphs with Chekhov at...

Creating A Role is the third book—alongside the international bestseller An Actor Prepares and Building A Character—in the series of influential translations that introduced Stanislavski's acting 'system' to the English-speaking world. Here Stanislavski describes the elaborate preparation that an actor must undergo before the actual performance itself. Now published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series to mark the 150th anniversary of...