Production Collaboration in the Theatre

Description

is one of the three volumes that make up Stanislavski＊s
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.§
discusses the external techniques of acting: the use of the body, movement, diction, singing, expression, and control.
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.