About this title: Konstantin Stanislavski was a Russian director who transformed theatre in the West with his contributions to the birth of Realist theatre and his unprecedented approach to teaching acting. He lived through extraordinary times and his unique contribution to the arts still endures in the twenty-first century. He established the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898 with, among other plays, the premiere of Chekhov's "The Seagull". He also survived revolutions, lost his fortune, found wide fame in America, and lived in internal exile under Stalin's Soviet Union. Before writing his classic manual on acting, ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown
Date Published: 1937
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is good. Cover is very worn. Library markings and pocket. 586p., 24 cm. This translation originally published, Little, Brown, 1924. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Theatre Arts Books, New York, New York
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780878305506ISBN:0878305505
Description: Very Good. 0878305505. Very good minus. Inscription and some notes on half title page. Half title is clipped. Spine is wrinkled.; 8vo. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Theatre Arts Books, New York
Date Published: 1952
ISBN-13:9780878305506ISBN:0878305505
Description: Good. Shelf wear and rubbing. Wear at top and bottom of spine. Some discoloration to white covers and spine. Previous owner's name on inside of front cover. 582 pages with index. Autobiography of Constantin Stanislavski. ISBN-13: 978-0878305506. read more
Description: Fine. 0878305505 Excellent condition Soft cover book, clean pages, No creases to spine, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Theatre Arts Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780878305506ISBN:0878305505
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Inside pages all clean, crisp and unmarked. Spine pristine-has no crease. Cover has only the faintest hints of shelf wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 582 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. 1938 Little Brown hard cover-no dust jakcet-minor staining to cover and page edge-otherwise binding strong contents clean-a fine solid tight collectible-enjoy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2008-01-31
ISBN-13:9780415436571ISBN:0415436575
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780415436571ISBN:0415436575
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Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow
Date Published: [1925]
Description: First American edition. Near fine with a little yellowing to the top page edges and a slight bump to the head of the spine in a very good dustwrapper with tiny chips and edgewear to the head and tail of the spine and some rubbing to the fore-edges. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780415436571ISBN:0415436575
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. Translator's note jean benedetti introduction: stanislavski's double life in art laurence senelick translator's preface: stanislavski's hidden life in art jean benedetti my life in art artistic childhood artistic adolescence artistic youth appendices unpublished chapters and extracts chekhov remembered chronology 'this wise and delightful book ? is packed with sage, practical counsel to actors and actresses. ' ? times literary supplement 'the ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781410216922ISBN:1410216926
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Edition: 1st American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow
Date Published: 1925
Description: Jacket. Very good+ in lightly used, very good+ dust jacket. The book shows some minor cover stains--contents bright and clean--and there is a short, poignant poem in the way of a gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Oversized 8vo. 503pp., index, notes. Illustrated throughout. (Heavy book, extra postage for Priority Mail shipping to certain zones). VIEW IMAGE. read more
Description: Good. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, [no date]. Hardcover in dust jacket. 504 pages, illustrated with photos (including frontispiece), paintings and drawings. Original decorative grey cloth with black and red lettering on spine. Some wear to jacket. A few pencil annotations, owner inscription (dated 1964), else good overall condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. read more
"Alternately riveting and a snooze fest. His stpries about Chekhov and how the tumultuous political climate affected the work of the Moscow Art Theatre are fascinating, but his lengthy chapters on how well he played Uncle Vanya I could have done without."
"This is my homeboy... all the MXAT kiddies had to read about his musings and appreciate. It's good to hear where you come from, even if his teachings were bastardized into american Method acting."
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