Constantin Stanislavsky

ABOUT HIM

• He was born in Russia in 1863.
• He was born rich.
• At first he was an actor then became a director and teacher.

WHAT HE DID

• Cofounded the Moscow Art Theatre
• Directed: Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and Cherry Orchard.
• Wrote: An Actor Prepares, Building A Character, and Creating a Role.
• Wrote and Autobiography called "My Life in Art".

WHAT IS IT?

• The Stanislavsky system is a character development process that strives to make a performance "real"

MAGIC IF

• It the "What would you do if you were in this situation?"

SOME TERMS OF HIS

• Super Objective: defines the main theme.
• Objective: breaks the script into sections