Stanislavski in Practice: Exercises for Students

by Nick O'Brien

Stanislavski in Practice is an unparalleled step-by-step guide to Stanislavski's system.Author Nick O'Brien makes this cornerstone of acting accessible to teachers and students alike through the use of practical exercises that allow students to develop their skills. This second edition offers more exercises for the actor, and also new sections on directing and devising productions. Each element of the system is covered practically through studio exercises and jargon-free discussion. Exercises are designed to support syllabi from Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR and AQA to the practice-based requirements of BTEC and IB Theatre.This is the perfect exercise book for students and a lesson planner for teachers at post-16 and first year undergraduate level.New to this Thoroughly reorganized sections, including 'Work on the Actor', 'Work on a Role' and 'Developing your Practice';A new chapter on using Stanislavski when devising with a series of exercises that will allow students to structure and create characters within the devising process;A new chapter, Directing Exercise Programme, which will be a series of exercises that allows the student to develop their skills as a director;New glossary with US and UK terms;New exercises developed since the publication of the first edition; A new chapter going beyond Stanislavski, exploring exercises from Michael Chekhov, Maria Knebel and Katie Mitchell.

258 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 7, 2010

Reviews

[Addicted to Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars

This book is really useful for teenagers or those in drama school.

I am grateful for this book for enlightening me so much and improving how i prepared for my monologues when I didnt have much of a clue when i started out acting!