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An actor's work : a student's diary /

Author Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938.
Call Number 792.028 STA
Publisher London ; New York : Routledge,
Subject Method (Acting)
Title Statement An actor's work : a student's diary / Konstantin Stanislavski ; translated and edited by Jean Benedetti.
Uniform Title Rabota aktera nad soboĭ. English
Description xxviii, 693 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents Year one: Experiencing -- An actor's work, introduction -- Amateurism -- The stage as art and stock-in-trade -- Action, 'if', 'given circumstances' -- Imagination -- Concentration and attention -- Muscular release -- Bits and tasks -- Belief and the sense of truth -- Emotion memory -- Communication -- An actor's adaptations and other elements, qualities, aptitudes and gifts -- Inner psychological drives -- Inner psychological drives in action -- The actor's inner creative state -- The supertask, throughaction -- The subconscious and the actor's creative state -- Year two: Embodiment -- Transition to physical embodiment -- Physical education -- Voice and speech -- Perspective of the actor and the role -- Tempo-rhythm -- Logic and sequence -- Physical characteristics -- The finishing touches -- Charisma -- Ethics and discipline -- The external creative state in performance -- General creative state in performance -- The 'system'.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contributors Benedetti, Jean.
ISBN 9780415422239 (hardback : alk. paper)
041542223X (hardback : alk. paper)
9780203936153 (e-book)
0203936159 (e-book)
LCCN 2007045357
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Bib No. 1138594
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