Actors Preparing (Russian: ?????? ?????? ?????? ) is the first of Konstantin Stanislavski's books on acting, followed by Building Character and Making Role . Stanislavski intends to publish the contents of An Actor Prepares and Build Character as a single volume, and in Russian. However, An Actor Prepares was first published as a single volume in English, and World War II postponed the publication of Building Character for over ten years.
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Summary
A Preparing Actor is the diary of a fictional student named Kostya during his first year of training on the Stanislavski system. Kostya and her fellow students do not have much experience in acting. As they passed the class, Tortsov, their theater teacher and director discussed many of the assumptions they had formed that did not fit the 'system'. Stanislavski links his message with examples. He argues that the system is not a particular method, but a systematic analysis of theatrical 'theatrical' order of theatrical truth.
The system he describes is a means to master the art of acting and stimulate the creativity and imagination of the individual actor. It has affected most of the performances we see on the stage or screen.
The book is autobiographical and deals with the various areas of acting skills, including action, imagination, attention concentration, muscle relaxation, units and goals, faith and sense of truth, emotional memory, communion, adaptation, inner motive power, unbroken lines, , super-objective and the subconscious mind. Tortsov, the Director, explains all these art forms in great detail, and thus transforms a Preparing Actor into a textbook type.
This book begins when Kostya and her friends are waiting for their first lesson with the Director. They were excited and nervous at the prospect of meeting, and were surprised when he told them that their first practice was to put on some scenes from a drama. Kostya and two friends did a scene from Othello , with Kostya taking the lead role. Afterwards the Director informed them of their mistakes.
At the end of the book, the students remember their first practice: Sitting in a chair in a way that interests the audience, and searches the brooch convincingly.
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See also
- Stanislavski system
- Methods acting
References
External links
- An Actor Preparing in the Open Library on the Internet Archive
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