essential reading for anyone interested in acting, practically or academically, at all levels from schools to the industry.' - Times Higher Educational Supplement 'Benedetti, the author of several previous books on Stanislavski, has both improved and expanded upon the Hapgood editions, and the result is a longer yet much more readable text. An Actor's Work should be a manual not just in drama school, but but on any course where students are taught to assess texts and arugments critically' - Times Literary Supplement 'A landmark achievement in Stanislavski studies. The Guardian 'Getting the system straight from the horses mouth.
Stanislavksi was provocative, controversial - and, asAn Actor's Work confirms, a genius' - The Times 'A volume that clearly communicates the entire system. 'A lively new translation by Jean Benedetti. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by the director Richard Eyre. The result is a major contribution to the theatre, and a service to one of the great innovators of the twentieth century. He has remained faithful to the author's original intentions, putting the two books previously known as An Actor Prepares and Building A Character back together into one volume, and in a colloquial and readable style for today's actors. At last, Jean Benedetti has succeeded in translating Stanislavski's huge manual into a lively, fascinating and accurate text in English.
Some of the mistranslations have resulted in profound distortions in the way his system has been interpreted and taught. Until now, readers and students have had to contend with inaccurate, misleading and difficult-to-read English-language versions. His systematic attempt to outline a psycho-physical technique for acting single-handedly revolutionized standards of acting in the theatre. Stanislavski's 'system' has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s and 30s.
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