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Acting Responsibly

Advantages: Insights into realistic characterisation
Disadvantages: Turgid, turn-of-the-century, and Russian.

Stanislavski is one of the only people ever to devise a comprehensive system of acting. Many of his techniques were adopted by the so-called method actors such as Brando, De Niro, and Hoffman. He sets out his System in three books, of which this is the fi ...

Amadahn 20.08.2000 · Read full review
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Review of An Actor Prepares - Constantin Stanislavski

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Stanislavski

Advantages: This is the ultimate guide to building a charcter
Disadvantages: it can be tough reading at times

An Actor Prepares is a book which is advisable to anybody wishing to create a character for any piece of theatre, Stanislavskis methods are globaly aknowlegede and some of the best characters i have created have been influenced by him. Stanislavski, belei ...

ben3263 26.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of An Actor Prepares - Constantin Stanislavski

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A Lack-Lustre Performance!

Advantages: Easy reading
Disadvantages: Not very funny

There’s a type of book that always seems to be popular with the book-buying public. It’s called “the hilarious account” I’m sure you know the type of book I mean. The authors are ordinary people going about their daily lives who realise that yes, you rea ...

weenawoo 15.04.2004 · Read full review
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Review of What's My Motivation - Michael Simkins

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