Stanislavsky : a life / David Magarshack ; introduction by Irving Wardle.
By: Magarshack, David
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BookPublisher: London : Faber and Faber, 2010Description: xi, 416 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780571268993.Subject(s): Stanislavsky, Konstantin, 1863-1938 | Moskovskiĭ khudozhestvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr | Theatrical producers and directors -- Soviet Union -- Biography | Actors -- Soviet Union -- BiographyDDC classification: 792.028 STA
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 792.028 STA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00175332 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Konstantin Stanislavsky is one of the colossi not simply of Russian, but American and European theatre. The works of the creator of the Stanislavsky System - which later gave rise to the Method - have tended to shroud him in mystique, leading his followers to revere him as a saint and his detractors to dismiss him out of hand. As Irving Wardle says in his foreword to this edition (1986), David Magarshack's biography - first published in 1950 - offers 'a vigorous, highly readable narrative that succeeds in demystifying the working of the Moscow Art Theatre, and in removing Stanislavsky from his pedestal without cutting him down to size. To his autobiographical writings, Magarshack supplied the companion piece - A Life - and as such it remains unsuperseded.'
Includes index.