actors work a students diary

Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 693 p. Contains: Line drawings, black & white. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2007045357 Type of material Book Personal name Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938. Uniform title Rabota aktera nad soboĭ. English Main title An actor's work: a student's diary / Konstantin Stanislavski; translated and edited by Jean Benedetti. Published/Created London; New York: Routledge, 2008. Description xxviii, 693 p.; 25 cm. ISBN 9780415422239 (hardback: alk. paper) 041542223X (hardback: alk. paper) 9780203936153 (e-book) 0203936159 (e-book) LC classification PN2062. S7613 2008 Related names Benedetti, Jean. Contents Introduction / Declan Donnellan-Translator's foreword / Jean Benedetti-Publisher's acknowledgements-An Actor's Work, original draft preface [extracts]-Year one: Experiencing-An Actor's Work, introduction-1. Amateurism-2. The stage as art and stock-in-trade-3. Action, 'if', 'given circumstances'-4. Imagination-5. Concentration and attention-6. Muscular release-7. Bits and tasks-8. Belief and the sense of truth-9. Emotion memory-10. Communication-11. An actor's adaptations and other elements, qualities, aptitudes and gifts-12. Inner psychological drives-13. Inner psychological drives in action-14. The actor's inner creative state-15. The supertask, throughaction-16. The subconscious and the actor's creative state-Year two: Embodiment-17. Transition to physical embodiment-18. Physical education-19. Voice and speech-20. Perspective of the actor and the role-21. Tempo-rhythm-22. Logic and sequence-23. Physical characteristics-24. The finishing touches-25. Charisma-26. Ethics and discipline-27. The external creative state in performance-28. General creative state in performance-29. The 'system'-Appendices-Endnotes-Glossary of key terms-Afterword / Anatoly Smeliansky. LC Subjects Method acting. Notes Translated from the Russian. Dewey class no. 792.02/8 Language code eng rus National bib no.

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