Stanislavski and the actor, paperback/jean benedetti

Stanislavski and the Actor offers a clear, modern presentation of Konstantin Stanislavskis methods of actor training and rehearsal.

It is based on the course Stanislavski designed and taught with a team of hand-picked assistants in the last three years of his life (1935-38) at the Opera-Dramatic Studio in Moscow.

Jean Benedetti now reconstructs that course.

Stanislavski and the Actor is the manual which Stanislavski never had time to write.

Using notes made by Stanislavskis assistants, exercises and improvisations used in class, transcripts of Stanislavskis own master classes (translated into English for the first time) and his knowledge of Stanislavskis earlier writings, Benedetti builds up a comprehensive description of the system in contemporary language that is easy to understand by todays actors and teachers.

He also shows that Stanislavskis revolutionary teachings about acting still have a wide application now.