Stanislavsky recalls his theatrical career, from his early experiences in Rubinstein's Russian Musical Society to his final triumphs with Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre. This account of his own famous productions is interspersed with anecdotes.
Author(s): Konstantin Stanislavski
Publisher: Mir Publishers, University Press of the Pacific
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 503
City: Moscow
Front Cover
Title Page
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION
Childhood
OBSTINACY
THE CIRCUS
PUPPET THEATRE
THE ITALIAN OPERA
PRANKS
STUDIES
THE MALY THEATR E
MY DÉBUT
ACTORS IN REAL LIFE
MUSIC
DRAMATIC SCHOOL
Adolescence
THE ALEXEYEV CIRCLE
RIVAL
INTERREGNUM
Youth
THE SOCIETY OF ART AND LITERATURE
FIRST SEASON
A HAPPY ACCIDENT
RESTIRAINT
TWO STEPS BACKWARDS
WHEN YOU ACT AN EVIL MAN, LOOK TO SEE WHERE HE IS GOOD
CHARACTERIZATION
NEW PERPLEXITIES
THE MEININGEN PLAYERS
TRADE EXPERIENCE
FIRST EXPERIENCE AS A DIRECTOR
PERSONAL SUCCESS
LEV TOLSTOI
SUCCESS
PASSION FOR PRODUCTION TASKS
EXPERIMENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL ACTORS
“OTHELLO"
A CASTLE IN TURIN
‘THE SUNKEN BELL”
A MEMORABLE MEETING
PREPARING FOR THE NEW SEASON
THE FIRST SEASON
THE PRODUCTIONSOF THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE
THE LINE OF THE FANTASTIC
SYMBOLISM AND IMPRESSIONISM
INTUITION AND FEELING
CHEKHOV'S ARRIVAL — “UNCLE VANYA''
THE JOURNEY TO THE CRIMEA
“THE THREE SISTERS”
THE FIRST TRIP TO PETERSBURG
PERFORMING IN THE PROVINCES
MOROZOV AND THE NEW THEATRE
THE SOCIAL - POLITICAL LINE
MAXIM GORKY
“THE LOWER DEPTHS "
THE LINE OF MANNERS
THE COSTUME DRAMA LINE INSTEAD OF INTUITION
"THE CHERRY ORCHARD"
THE STUDIO ON POVARSKAYA
THE F IRST FOREIGN TOUR
MATURITY
THE DISCOVERY OF OLD TRUTHS
"THE DRAMA OF LIFE"
ILYA SATS AND LEOPOLD SULERZHITSKY
BLACK VELVET
“THE LIFE OF MAN"
A VISIT TO MAETERLINCK
“A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY”
DUNCAN AND CRAIG
EXPERIMENTING WITH MY “SYSTEM”
THE ART THEATRE'S FIRST STUDIO
CABBAGE PARTIES AND THE “CHAUVE-SOURIS”
THE VOICE
REVOUTION
CATASTROPHE
“CAIN"
THE OPERA STUDIO
DEPARTURE AND RETURN
RESULTS AND THE FUTURE
APPENDIX
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