Konstantin Stanislavski for IGCSE DRAMA

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Born: 17 January 1863

Died: 7 August 1938 (aged

75) Moscow, Soviet Union

Occupation: theatre director,actor , theatre theorist

Literary movement :

Naturalism, Psychological realism,

Socialist realism, Symbolism.

Notable work(s): Founder of

the Moscow Art Theatre

Spouse(s): Maria Petrovna

Perevostchikova (stage name:

Maria Liliana)

Timeline of lifeBorn in 1863 in Moscow,Russia, Constantin Stanislavskistarted working in theater as ateen, going on to become an

acclaimed thespian anddirector of stage productions.He co-founded the Moscow

Art Theatre in 1897 anddeveloped a performanceprocess known as methodacting, allowing actors to usetheir personal histories toexpress authentic emotion andcreate rich characters. He diedin Moscow in 1938.


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EARLY LIFE AND CAREER

Stanislavski came from one of the richest families in Russia, the Alekseievs.

He was born Constantin Sergeievich Alexeiev; 'Stanislavski' was a stage name

that he adopted in 1884 in order to keep his performance activities secret fromhis parents. In 1885, Stanislavski studied at the Moscow Theater School, where

students were encouraged to mimic the theatrical 'tricks' and conventions of

their tutors. Disappointed by this approach, he left after three weeks and instead

went to study at the Maly Theatre, where he learned to rehearse well, appear

fresh during performances, and extract energy from the other stage players,

rather than the audience. However Stanislavski's enlightenment came mostly

from his encounter of Italian master actor Tommaso Salvini's portrayal in

Othello.


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STANISLAVKI M E T H O D

During the Moscow Art Theatre's early years, Stanislavski worked on providing

a guiding structure for actors to consistently achieve deep, meaningful and

disciplined performances. He believed that actors needed to inhabit authentic

emotion while on stage and, to do so, they could draw upon feelings they'd

experienced in their own lives. Stanislavski also developed exercises that encouraged

actors to explore character motivations, giving performances depth and an

unassuming naturalism while still paying attention to the parameters of the

production. This technique would come to be known as the "Stanislavski method"

or "the Method."


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OPENING THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE

In June 1897, Constantin Stanislavski and playwright/director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko decided to open the Moscow Art

Theatre, which would be an alternative to standard theatrical

aesthetics of the day. The company successfully opened in October

1898 with Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich by Aleksey K. Tolstoy. The theater's

subsequent production of The Seagull was a landmark achievement

and reignited the career of its writer Anton Chekhov, who went on to

craft plays specifically for the company. Over the following decades,

the Moscow Art Theatre developed a stellar domestic and

international reputation with works like The Petty Bourgeois, AnEnemy of the People and The Blue Bird. In 1912, Stanislavski created

First Studio, which served as a training ground for young thespians. A

decade later, he directed Eugene Onegin, an opera by Pyotr Ilyich

Tchaikovsky.


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QUOTES

Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors .

The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it . Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of

attention and a shortened period of mental

assimilation.


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