An Actor’s Work

Stanislavski?

€™s ?

€˜system?

€™ has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s and 30s.

His systematic attempt to outline a psycho-physical technique for acting single-handedly revolutionized standards of acting in the theatre.

Until now, readers and students have had to contend with inaccurate, misleading and difficult-to-read English-language versions.

Some of the mistranslations have resulted in profound distortions in the way his system has been interpreted and taught.

At last, Jean Benedetti has succeeded in translating Stanislavski?

€™s huge manual into a lively, fascinating and accurate text in English.

He has remained faithful to the author's original intentions, putting the two books previously known as An Actor Prepares and Building A Character back together into one volume, and in a colloquial and readable style for today's actors.

The result is a major contribution to the theatre, and a service to one of the great innovators of the twentieth century.

This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by the director Richard Eyre.