Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski (né Alexeiev; Russian:
ÐšÐ¾Ð½Ñ Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ñ‚Ð¸Ì Ð½ Ð¡ÐµÑ€Ð³ÐµÌ ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡
Ð¡Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ Ð»Ð°Ì Ð²Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; 17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1863 â€" 7
August 1938) was a seminal Russian theatre practitioner. He was widely
recognised as an outstanding character actor and the many productions
that he directed garnered him a reputation as one of the leading
theatre directors of his generation. His principal fame and influence,
however, rests on his 'system' of actor training, preparation, and
rehearsal technique.Stanislavski (his stage name) performed and
directed as an amateur until the age of 33, when he co-founded the
world-famous Moscow Art Theatre (MAT) company with Vladimir
Nemirovich-Danchenko, following a legendary 18-hour discussion. Its
influential tours of Europe (1906) and the US (1923â€"24) and its
landmark productions of The Seagull (1898) and Hamlet (1911â€"12)
established his reputation and opened new possibilities for the art of
the theatre. By means of the MAT, Stanislavski was instrumental in
promoting the new Russian drama of his dayâ€"principally the work of
Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, and Mikhail Bulgakovâ€"to audiences in
Moscow and around the world; he also staged acclaimed productions of a
wide range of classical Russian and European plays.He collaborated
with the director and designer Edward Gordon Craig and was formative
in the development of several other major practitioners, including
Vsevolod Meyerhold (whom Stanislavski considered his "sole heir in the
theatre"), Yevgeny Vakhtangov, and Michael Chekhov. At the MAT's
30-year anniversary celebrations in 1928, a massive heart attack
on-stage put an end to his acting career (though he waited until the
curtain fell before seeking medical assistance). He continued to
direct, teach, and write about acting until his death a few weeks
before the publication of the first volume of his life's great work,
the acting manual An Actor's Work (1938). He was awarded the Order of
the Red Banner and the Order of Lenin and was one of the first to be
granted the title of People's Artist of the USSR.
ÐšÐ¾Ð½Ñ Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ñ‚Ð¸Ì Ð½ Ð¡ÐµÑ€Ð³ÐµÌ ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡
Ð¡Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ Ð»Ð°Ì Ð²Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; 17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1863 â€" 7
August 1938) was a seminal Russian theatre practitioner. He was widely
recognised as an outstanding character actor and the many productions
that he directed garnered him a reputation as one of the leading
theatre directors of his generation. His principal fame and influence,
however, rests on his 'system' of actor training, preparation, and
rehearsal technique.Stanislavski (his stage name) performed and
directed as an amateur until the age of 33, when he co-founded the
world-famous Moscow Art Theatre (MAT) company with Vladimir
Nemirovich-Danchenko, following a legendary 18-hour discussion. Its
influential tours of Europe (1906) and the US (1923â€"24) and its
landmark productions of The Seagull (1898) and Hamlet (1911â€"12)
established his reputation and opened new possibilities for the art of
the theatre. By means of the MAT, Stanislavski was instrumental in
promoting the new Russian drama of his dayâ€"principally the work of
Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, and Mikhail Bulgakovâ€"to audiences in
Moscow and around the world; he also staged acclaimed productions of a
wide range of classical Russian and European plays.He collaborated
with the director and designer Edward Gordon Craig and was formative
in the development of several other major practitioners, including
Vsevolod Meyerhold (whom Stanislavski considered his "sole heir in the
theatre"), Yevgeny Vakhtangov, and Michael Chekhov. At the MAT's
30-year anniversary celebrations in 1928, a massive heart attack
on-stage put an end to his acting career (though he waited until the
curtain fell before seeking medical assistance). He continued to
direct, teach, and write about acting until his death a few weeks
before the publication of the first volume of his life's great work,
the acting manual An Actor's Work (1938). He was awarded the Order of
the Red Banner and the Order of Lenin and was one of the first to be
granted the title of People's Artist of the USSR.
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