Help Me Out - Stanislavski Info

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 9:16am

Hello my lovely internet companions.
Once again, I am doing a theatrically-based presentation.

Please, if you have any knowledge of Stanislavski and his techniques (or specifically, any entertaining anecdotes involving the man or the work), please pass them along to me. I have a partner presentation on Stan the Man today at 2:00pm, and my partner and I have realized that we are very, very boring. (Other than the fascinating passage I plan to read in which Bertolt Brecht described Stanislavski's method in terms of a religion. It's unintentionally hilarious.)

Thanks for your help!

~ff~

Updated On: 3/17/05 at 09:16 AM

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 9:35am

G'morning Flowery! Unfortunately my knowledge of Stanislavski ends at grade 12 drama class, and I'm not too sure how much you already know, but I found this on Google.

http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4192

As for anecdotes, I can only come up with quotes, the obvious ones being: "Remember, there are no small parts, only small actors." and "You can find fresh pain every time you discover what you pretty much already know." (I think that's a paraphrase.)

Good luck on your project!
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[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 10:38am

Make sure you use this Stanislavski quote: "Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art."

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 12:40pm

Thanks guys!

[MagicToDo82]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 12:55pm

PalJoey, last year I played Keely in Keely and Du, and got really into Stanislavski in tackling the part - and I put that quote, on a post-it, on the footboard of the bed I spent the entire show in. Only the actors could see it, but it helped. I love that man, I swear.