The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor
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Book Overview
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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0140466606
ISBN13:9780140466607
Release Date:October 1984
Publisher:Penguin Books
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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5 ratings
Very accesible!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
I highly recommend this book for anyone curious in "method acting" or Stanislavsky. Sonia Moore does a wonderful job summarizing his ideas, making them accessible without dumbing or watering anything down.
Stanislavski System - S.Moore
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This is a great book. I have it as a required reading for my first year acting students. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a clear condensation of the Stanislavski system.
Clear up your mistaken ideas about acting!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
The Stanislavski System: The Professional Training of an Actor has been the soul of my acting teaching for 30 years. It is based on the later evolved vision of the great master teacher, as revealed to Eugene Vakhtangov and also to Sonia Moore, herself a master teacher. The approach here is clear and usable, and de-mystifies American pre-occupation with emotional substitution techniques dominant since Lee Strasberg's distortions based only upon Stanislavski's early work. This approach is accessible for young actors and is encouraging to the nurturing of their talent and development. It encourages emotional honesty without being improperly invasive, so it is good resource material for public school acting teachers and advanced students, as well as acting students from college to conservatory to proprietary school.
Time to act!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is a great book- much more simplified than any I've seen! It concentrates a lot on physical action, a definite necessity for budding actors (or old fogies trying to get back into it!). A pleasurable read!
A good book for the method actor.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 28 years ago
This book is made and talks about the teachings of the great Konstantin Stanislavski, a name you should know if you are an actor. It has chapters outlining the Method, and it'll help your acting abilities galore
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