The influence of Konstantin Stanislavski

on theatre

By Conor Gardner
I will be talking about

The foundation of his career

Who Stanislavski was
 His influential acting method
Stanislavski System Its influence on others
Why he developed it
Other main points of his career

His work as an actor and director

The Moscow Art Theatre
Early Career

- He Started off as an amateur actor in the 1870s.

- Where he then developed the Stanislavski System
The Moscow Art Theatre

Founded in 1898

Conceived as the venue for naturalistic theatre (which refers to theatre that attempts
to create an illusion of reality through a range of dramatic and theatrical strategies)
It put shows that implemented the Stanislavski System on a regular basis which
proved instrumental on modern theatre
Quotes

Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.

- Refers to actors being able to inhabit the roles that theyre playing

- Knowing every detail about their character regardless of their significance to the
story
 "The theatre is the finest medium of intercourse between nations. It reveals their
most cherished aspirations. If only these aspirations were revealed more often ...
the nations would shake hands, and lift their caps, instead of training guns on each
other."
 Stanislavski System

He began with attempts to find a style of acting more appropriate to the greater
realism of 20th-century drama than the histrionic acting styles of the 19th century
With this, he developed his system
It requires that an actor utilize their emotional memory among other things

A risk in the Stanislavsky system is that, when role interpretation is based on the
inner impulses of the performer, a scene may take unexpected directions.
Stanislavskis
Books
Building a Character

- he explains that the outward expressions of character must flow from that character's inner life:
his memories, beliefs, preoccupations, and so on.

- He then elaborates ways in which the actor's manner of speech, dress, and movement (gestures,
facial expressions, etc.) evidence the character's inner experience.

- This also refers to his quote that suggests Knowing every detail about ones character is important
My Life in Art

Published: 1926

autobiography of the Russian actor and theatre director Constantin Stanislavski. It

was first commissioned while Stanislavski was in the United States on tour with the
Moscow Art Theatre,
It depicts the four stages of his life. (Childhood, Adolescence, Youth & Adulthood)
An Actor Prepares

This book is autobiographical and deals with many different areas of acting skills,
including action, imagination, concentration of attention and the relaxation of
muscles

It mentions the preparation actors need to go through to be more professional, and

inhabit their roles.

Its also the most famous acting training book ever to have been written and has
inspired generations of actors and trainers
 His influence on others Many actors were inspired by
Stanislavskis teachings and the
Many of Stanislavski's former use of Method acting such as
students taught acting in the United Al Pacino, Marlon Brando,
States Marilyn Monroe and James
Dean

Thank You
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