1st Edition

An Actor Survives Remarks on Stanislavsky

By Tomasz Kubikowski Copyright 2024
118 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

This book focuses on the analysis and interpretation of the first volume of the book An Actor’s Work by Konstantin Stanislavsky. This volume is the only part of his planned major work on theatre art that he was able to finish and authorise before his death. Its highly edited variant has long been known as ‘An Actor Prepares’ in the English-speaking world. Tomasz Kubikowski explores... Read more

1 The Final Monologue  2. The Rite of Passage  3. Survival, Rehearsed  4. Into the Subjunctive  5. The World of One’s Own  6. Adaptations, War Games, and Holidays

Biography

Tomasz Kubikowski is a theatre and performance studies scholar, Professor at the Theatre Academy in Warsaw, and Literary Director of the National Theatre in Warsaw.

''Stanislavsky's achievements for the theatre are so enormous that they invite a great variety of approaches. Tomasz Kubikowski's book responds to the invitation with novel theoretical research.'Maria Shevtsova, Professor Emerita of Drama and Theatre Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London