The Stanislavsky century [videorecording]
By: editor: Laurent Ferrari ; director: Peter Hercombe.
Contributors: Ferrari, Laurent.; Hercombe, Peter.; Lanchester, Robert.; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Stanislavsky, Konstantin, -- 1863-1938.; Actors -- Soviet Union -- Biography.; Method (Acting) -- History.; Theater -- Biography.; Theater -- History.; Theatrical producers and directors -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
Notes: FOR CLASSROOM USE ONLY. VHS. NARRATOR: Robert Lanchester. Part 1. The builders of Utopia -- Part 2. The seismic years -- Part 3. The years of ice and fire. Explores the life, times, and ideas of the theatrical innovator, Stanislavsky, who created method acting and founded the Moscow Art Theatre. Uses documentary footage, photographs, and dramatizations to show his memorable roles, his search for reality in character portrayal, and his staging of plays of Chekov, Ostrovski, Ibsen, Maeterlinch, Gorki, and Turgeniev.

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