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Stanislavsky in America: An Actor's Workbook

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Stanislavsky in America explores the extraordinary legacy that Constantin Stanislavski 's system of actor-training has left on acting in the US.

Mel Gordon outlines the journey of Stanislavski 's theories through twentieth century American history, from the early US tours of the Moscow Art Theatre to the ongoing impact of 'The System' on modern American acting.

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Paperback, 194 pages
Published October 30th 2009 by Routledge
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Suresh Patel
This is a stunning piece of work. For FAR too long, this topic has been poorly handled by academics and practitioners alike. Given its centrality to our current understanding of theatre and acting, not to mention our own more general western cultural evolution, there has long been a need for someone to set the record straight. And finally we have Mel Gordon providing invaluable detail, insight, references and myth-dispelling. Written with utter authority but also accessibility, it's an undeniabl...more
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