Monday, 5 October 2015

Stanislavski Background; Language of Theatre

Stanislavski: Russian man, actor, director, started Moscow Arts Theatre Company, born in 1863, wealthy family, second of nine siblings - who would all perform plays together. Alekseyer; theatre company that family owned.

While Stanislavski acted, he always questioning 'how you should act'.
He also questioned this: External Results: what the audience sees. Internal Process: choices you make, to add things to the scene.

Before Stanislavski, all characters were stock characters with recognisable features and little depth. In Stanislavski's time, theatre was censored, because it can go against social norms, but Stanislavski gave power back to the actors, to give actors a way into characters.

With his use of 'OBJECTIVES': he gave actors the power as the script can constrict the actor, and an objective allows an actor to relate it to them.


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