{"product_id":"stanislavsky-in-focus-sharon-marie-carnicke-9780415774970","title":"Stanislavsky in Focus: An Acting Master for the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStanislavsky in Focus\u003c\/em\u003e brilliantly examines the history and actual premises of Stanislavsky's 'System', separating myth from fact with forensic skill. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first edition of this now classic study showed conclusively how the 'System' was gradually transformed into the Method, popularised in the 1950s by Lee Strasberg and the Actor's Studio. It looked at the gap between the original Russian texts and what most English-speaking practitioners still imagine to be Stanislavsky's ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis thoroughly revised new edition also delves even deeper into: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe mythical depiction of Stanislavsky as a tyrannical director and teacher\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eyoga, the mind-body-spirit continuum and its role in the 'System'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow Stanislavsky used subtexts to hide many of his ideas from Soviet censors.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text has been updated to address all of the relevant scholarship, particularly in Russia, since the first edition was published. It also features an expanded glossary on the System's terminology and its historical exercises, as well as more on the political context of Stanislavsky's work, its links with cognitive science, and the System's relation to contemporary developments in actor-training. It will be a vital part of every practitioner's and historian's library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharon Marie Carnicke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415774977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415774970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sharon Marie Carnicke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616344600831,"sku":"9780415774970","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f960afc7-54ea-4094-b199-87c2bf3346f2.jpg?v=1703019830","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stanislavsky-in-focus-sharon-marie-carnicke-9780415774970","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}