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An actor prepares /

Stanislavsky , Konstantin.

An actor prepares / Konstantin Stanislavsky - New York : Theatre Arts Books, 1948. - xx, 295 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Explains the art of acting in semi-fiction form. Translation of pt. 2 of Rabota aktera nad soboĭ.

This work is the first volume of Stanislavski's trilogy on the art of acting. Fusing psychological realism and expressionism, his exploratory exercises teach actors to evoke past emotions that draw out their vulnerability. Stanislavski here introduces such concepts as the "magic if," "emotion memory," the "unbroken line" and many more now famous rehearsal aids. This classic manual is written from the viewpoint of

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Acting

808.8245 / STA 1948