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Building a Character is one of the three volumes that make up Stanislavski’s The Acting Trilogy.

An Actor Prepares explores the inner preparation an actor must undergo in order to explore a role to the full. In this volume, Sir John Gielgud said, this great director “found time to explain a thousand things that have always troubled actors and fascinated students.”

Building a Character discusses the external techniques of acting: the use of the body, movement, diction, singing, expression, and control.

Creating a Role describes the preparation that precedes actual performance, with extensive discussions of Gogol’s The Inspector General and Shakespeare’s Othello. Sir Paul Scofield called Creating a Role “immeasurably important” for the actor.

These three volumes belong on any actor’s short shelf of essential books.

ISBN-13: 9780878309825

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Publication Date: 04-28-1989

Pages: 352

Product Dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938), arguably the most influential director in the history of the theater, was the founder of the renowned Moscow Art Theater. A pioneer of psychological realism and improvisation on the stage, he devoted his life to developing the performance techniques now emulated throughout the world.

Table of Contents

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