Building a Character - Bloomsbury Revelations

In this follow up to his most famous book, An Actor Prepares , Stanislavski develop his influential 'system' of acting by exploring the imaginative processes at the heart of the actor's craft. Building a Character deals with the physical realisation of character on the stage through such tools as expressions, movement and speech. It is a book in which every theory is inextricably bound up with practice - a perfect handbook to the physical art of acting. The work of Stanislavski has inspired generations of actors and trainers and - available now in the Bloomsbury Revelations series to mark the 150th anniversary of Stanislavski's birth - it remains an essential read for actors and directors at all stages of their careers.

List of contents

Explanatory Note by the Translator 1. Toward a Physical Characterization 2. Dressing a Character 3. Characters and Types 4. Making the Body Expressive 5. Plasticity of Motion 6. Restraint and Control 7. Diction and Singing 8. Intonations and Pauses 9. Accentuation: The Expressive Word 10. Perspective in Character Building 11. Tempo-Rhythm in Movement 12. Speech Tempo-Rhythm 13. Stage Charm 14. Toward an Ethics for the Theatre 15. Patterns of Accomplishment 16. Some Conclusions on Acting Index.

Product details

• Authors: Constantin Stanislavski, Konstantin Stanislavski, Stanislavski Konstan, Konstantin S. Stanislawski
• Assisted by: Elisabeth Reynolds Hapgood (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2013
• EAN: 9781780935676
• ISBN: 978-1-78093-567-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Bloomsbury Revelations; Bloomsbury Revelations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Radio, einzelne Schauspieler und Darsteller, TV, Film, Kino, Fernsehen, TV, Schauspieltechniken, Theaterwissenschaft - Theatertheorie, Fernsehen - Privatfernsehen, Schauspieler - Schauspielkunst, Englische Bücher / Kunst, Architektur, Fotografie, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning