Preface; 1. Science, nature and acting: the context for Stanislavsky and the system; 2. Experiencing: the emotional and spiritual actor; 3. Incarnation: the actor as machine; 4. Challenges to the system: Vakhtangov and Michael Chekhov; 5. Challenges to the system: Meyerhold; 6. Theory and practice of the system: Stanislavsky and Soviet science.

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A study of Stanislavsky's highly influential method of acting, which draws upon original source material.

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Rose Whyman is Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham.

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"This engrossing, thorough study of Konstantein Stanislavsky's revered system of acting challenges the mythologies that have accumulated around this iconic figure...a thorough going assesment of the spiritual, psychological, and political framework of the late - 19th and early 20th century Russia,...Highly recommended..."
- J. H. Houchin, Boston College, Choice, Vol. 46 No. 06

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