Publisher's Synopsis
In his most famous book, An Actor Prepares, Stanislavski dealt with the imaginative processes. In the second book, Building a Character,
he deals with the physical realisation of character on the stage,
expressions, movement and speech etc. It is a book in which every
theory is inextricably bound up with practice - a perfect handbook to
the physical art of acting.
The work of Stanislavski has inspired generations of actors and
trainers. This edition, now reprinted with a new cover at a more
accessible price, has stood the test of time for actors all over the
world and was the original English language translation. A classic text
for every actors library.
"An Actor must work all his life, cultivate his mind, train his
talents systematically, develop his character; he may never despair and
never relinquish this main pupose - to love his art with all his
strength and love it unselfishly." (Constantin Stanislavski)
