Stagecraft - Stanislavsky and External Acting Techniques

How do you rehearse?

Exactly what goes on during a performance?

Everything you need to know as an actor about the process of bringing a play to life in today's theatre can be found in Stagecraft - Stanislavsky and External Acting Techniques

Included is complete information on the foundations of the actor's art - vocal technique, right down to grammar, punctuation, and stress patterns; movement technique, so you can create the character physically; and rehearsal and performance techniques

There is even a detailed section on applying makeup

As Stanislavsky stressed, without this kind of external work, the internal, psychological work detailed in the companion volume Using the Stanislavsky System, cannot be "read" or understood by the audience

In Stagecraft, Blumenfeld also details the specific techniques of performing in comedy and meeting the unique demands of musical theater

The ideas of Stanislavsky's influential successors - Michael Chekhov, Yevgenyi Vakhtangov, Uta Hagen, Sanford Meisner, Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, and many others - are included as well

This volume is a must for professional and novice actors, students and teachers alike!

See also, Companion volume - Using the Stanislavsky System - A Practical Guide to Character Creation and Period Styles