Stanislavsky in focus
By: Sharon Marie Carnicke.
Series: Russian theatre archive -- v. 17.; Russian theatre archive -- v. 17.
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers; Routledge; Brand: Harwood Academic; Harwood Academic
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Stanislavsky, Konstantin, -- 1863-1938 -- Criticism and interpretation; Theatrical producers and directors -- Soviet Union -- History and criticism; Method (Acting)
Description: While Stanislavsky's name has dominated debates about acting for a century, his ideas have been viewed through pervasive veils of assumptions. In the West, actors routinely identify his System with Strasberg's Method and psychological realism. In Russia, Soviet Marxism limited Stanislavsky to the physical world and socialist realism. While illuminating some of the System's aspects (notably, realistic styles, Western notions of self, and logic), these assumptions have blurred others (drawn from Yoga, symbolism, and formalist attitudes towards texts).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-227) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the series; title: List of plates; title: Acknowledgements; title: A note on transliteration and translation; title: Introduction; title: Pt. I. Transmission. Ch. 1. From Moscow to New York ; Ch. 2. New York adopts Stanislavsky; title: Pt. II. Translation. Ch. 3. The classroom circuit ; Ch. 4. The publication maze; title: Pt. III. Transformation. Ch. 5. Stanislavsky's lost term ; Ch. 6. Emotion and the human spirit of the role ; Ch. 7. Action and the human body in the role; title: Afterword; title: The system's terminology: a selected glossary; title: Notes; title: Works cited; title: Index.