Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Audiobook11 hours
An Actor Prepares
Written by Constantin Stanislavski and Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood
Narrated by Mike Fraser
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
"[O]ne of the most inspired and inspiring manifestos of our art that I know." -- Richard Monette, Stratford artistic director
Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938), arguably the most influential director in the history of the theater, was the founder of the renowned Moscow Art Theater. A pioneer of psychological realism and improvisation on the stage, he devoted his life to developing the performance techniques now emulated throughout the world.
In this first-ever audio edition of his classic work, Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help listeners not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well. An Actor Prepares is brilliantly narrated by Mike Fraser.
Unavailable
Related to An Actor Prepares
Related audiobooks
Acting: The First Six Lessons The History of Theatre Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shakespeare & Company: When Action is Eloquence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPutting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Three Sisters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ghosts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Shakespearean Actor Prepares Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAristotle's Poetics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The History of the Musical Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare's Plays Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy: Gambling, Drama, and the Unexpected Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAs You Like It Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Act: The Modern Actor’s Handbook Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5IMPACT: The Impersonal Actor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An Actor Performs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Actor's Business: How to Make It As An Actor No Matter Where You Live Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One Less Bitter Actor: The Actor's Survival Guide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5To Be or Wanna Be: The Top Ten Differences Between a Successful Actor and a Starving Artist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sanford Meisner Approach: Workbook One, An Actor's Workbook Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film and Television Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Authentic Actor: The Art and Business of Being Yourself Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How To Get Into Acting: Your Step By Step Guide To Get Into Acting Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Breaking It Down: Audition Techniques for Actors of the Global Majority Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improv Manual Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mastering Stand-Up: The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How To Write A Screenplay: Your Step By Step Guide To Writing Screenplays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Voice Power: Using Your Voice to Captivate, Persuade, and Command Attention Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Seagull Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Your Comedic Voice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
YA Music & Performing Arts For You
On the Come Up Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Legendary: A Caraval Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Caraval Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Brave Enough Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Radio Silence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Listen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grown Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding My Elf Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finale: A Caraval Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Let Me Hear a Rhyme Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Maddie Diaries: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5By Any Other Name Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Act Cool Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All My Love, Alec Brock Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tinfoil Crowns Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tiny Pretty Things Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sing Me Forgotten Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bright Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rise to the Sun Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Debating Darcy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rosette Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Romeo and Juliet (A Graphic Novel Audio): Graphic Shakespeare Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Only Happens In The Movies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Before We Disappear Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No More Lies, Alec Brock Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Patsy Rodenburg: Patsy Rodenburg, renowned voice coach, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 0% found this document usefulTwo Actors Talk Acting 0% found this document usefulAnthony Meindl: Solving Problems Creatively & Failure as an Option - #258 0% found this document useful“Sense Memory/Stanislavsky/Circle In The Square” (w/ Matt & Bowen) 0% found this document usefulAdventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman: Simon Garfield, author of The Wrestling, The Nati… 0% found this document usefulAnne Bogart (#240) - October, 2009: Artistic Director of the SITI Company. 100% found this document usefulNeoclassicism & Igor Stravinsky 0% found this document usefulA Brief History of the Conductor’s Baton 0% found this document usefulStravinsky's The Rite of Spring (Madman or Genius?) 0% found this document usefulShostakovich & The Great Patriotic War 0% found this document usefulWho were the Castrati? 0% found this document usefulNew Year Celebrations with Die Fledermaus 0% found this document usefulLeonard Bernstein: One Of A Kind 0% found this document usefulNeoclassicism In Music 0% found this document useful
Related articles
How Actors Create Emotions: A Problematic Psychology The AtlanticArticle
How Actors Create Emotions: A Problematic Psychology
Mar 10, 2014
10 min readWhen Novelists Become Method Actors Literary HubArticle
When Novelists Become Method Actors
Jul 31, 2019
5 min readThe Madness of Method Acting The AtlanticArticle
The Madness of Method Acting
Feb 1, 2022
9 min readSaoirse Ronan TIMEArticle
Saoirse Ronan
Jun 4, 2016
5 min readDon’t Quit Your Day Job (No, Really) AMERICAN THEATREArticle
Don’t Quit Your Day Job (No, Really)
Jul 25, 2019
11 min read‘You Must Have The Courage To Be Bad. To Risk It All’ The RakeArticle
‘You Must Have The Courage To Be Bad. To Risk It All’
Aug 16, 2019
6 min readMoni Yakim Knows How To Move You NPRArticle
Moni Yakim Knows How To Move You
Dec 31, 2019
3 min readLiev Forever The RakeArticle
Liev Forever
Apr 5, 2019
15 min readJasmine Lee-Jones Interview: I Want People To Come To The Theatre Like They Watch Netflix Evening StandardArticle
Jasmine Lee-Jones Interview: I Want People To Come To The Theatre Like They Watch Netflix
Jun 24, 2021
Back in 2019, you either saw seven methods of killing kylie jenner or you were trying to get a ticket for it. Jasmine Lee-Jones’s debut play, exploring female friendship, cultural appropriation and the internet, became one of the most talked-about pl
5 min readGennady Rozhdestvensky, An Influential Russian Conductor, Has Died NPRArticle
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, An Influential Russian Conductor, Has Died
Jun 18, 2018
3 min readSome Russian Performing Artists Are Speaking Out Against Putin NPRArticle
Some Russian Performing Artists Are Speaking Out Against Putin
Feb 28, 2022
3 min readStravinsky Masterpiece New Zealand ListenerArticle
Stravinsky Masterpiece
Feb 21, 2021
2 min readA Theatrical Moscow Trial Draws the Ire of Russia's Cultural Elite The AtlanticArticle
A Theatrical Moscow Trial Draws the Ire of Russia's Cultural Elite
Jan 14, 2019
5 min readShall We Dance: Balanchine Sets Tchaikovsky In Motion NPRArticle
Shall We Dance: Balanchine Sets Tchaikovsky In Motion
Apr 20, 2018
Conductor Marin Alsop muses on the power of ballet and her memories of watching choreographer George Balanchine bring the music of Tchaikovsky to life with the New York City Ballet.
2 min readNow Playing At Odesa’s Opera House: Renewal And Hope The Christian Science MonitorArticle
Now Playing At Odesa’s Opera House: Renewal And Hope
Jul 10, 2023
4 min readUnstoppable Film CommentArticle
Unstoppable
May 1, 2020
3 min readNo Ordinary Evening Dance AustraliaArticle
No Ordinary Evening
Jan 23, 2023
6 min readIn The Beautiful Japanese Movie ‘Drive My Car,’ We’re Deep In Chekhov Territory: Here’s Your Official Tip Sheet Chicago TribuneArticle
In The Beautiful Japanese Movie ‘Drive My Car,’ We’re Deep In Chekhov Territory: Here’s Your Official Tip Sheet
Dec 15, 2021
5 min readPublic Intellectual Film CommentArticle
Public Intellectual
Mar 3, 2020
THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION I MADE WITH MY CO-SCREEN writer Maurizio Braucci when we decided to adapt Jack London’s Martin Eden was to bring the story from Oakland to Naples, in the south of Italy. Since it involves an archetype, like Hamlet or Faust
3 min readBehind The Scenes As The United Ukrainian Ballet Performs Giselle: ‘This Is The Beginning Of A Renaissance’ Evening StandardArticle
Behind The Scenes As The United Ukrainian Ballet Performs Giselle: ‘This Is The Beginning Of A Renaissance’
Sep 12, 2022
6 min readHow Vanya on 42nd Street Captured a Changing New York City Literary HubArticle
How Vanya on 42nd Street Captured a Changing New York City
Jun 8, 2018
4 min readThe Ballet MASTER BBC Music MagazineArticle
The Ballet MASTER
Oct 28, 2021
12 min readWhen Winning A Piano Contest Meant A Bigger Flat: Soviet-born Vladimir Ashkenazy On A Life In The East And West Post MagazineArticle
When Winning A Piano Contest Meant A Bigger Flat: Soviet-born Vladimir Ashkenazy On A Life In The East And West
Jul 12, 2018
5 min readHarold Prince Knew How to Make a Musical The AtlanticArticle
Harold Prince Knew How to Make a Musical
Aug 2, 2019
6 min readU.S. Russian Cultural Organizations Fear Boycotts Over The War NPRArticle
U.S. Russian Cultural Organizations Fear Boycotts Over The War
Mar 1, 2022
2 min readChris Jones: With 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' Live Musical Theater Roars Back To Life In London, A Moment To Be Cherished Chicago TribuneArticle
Chris Jones: With 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' Live Musical Theater Roars Back To Life In London, A Moment To Be Cherished
Aug 18, 2020
LONDON - The actors came out with fabric covering their faces, each one apart from another. They found their socially distant marks and drove away the threatening rain clouds over their heads. A tense silence fell. And then the orchestra, so physical
4 min readChris Jones: With 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' Live Musical Theater Roars Back To Life In London, A Moment To Be Cherished Chicago TribuneArticle
Chris Jones: With 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' Live Musical Theater Roars Back To Life In London, A Moment To Be Cherished
Aug 18, 2020
LONDON - The actors came out with fabric covering their faces, each one apart from another. They found their socially distant marks and drove away the threatening rain clouds over their heads. A tense silence fell. And then the orchestra, so physical
4 min readChris Jones: With 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' Live Musical Theater Roars Back To Life In London, A Moment To Be Cherished Chicago TribuneArticle
Chris Jones: With 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' Live Musical Theater Roars Back To Life In London, A Moment To Be Cherished
Aug 18, 2020
LONDON - The actors came out with fabric covering their faces, each one apart from another. They found their socially distant marks and drove away the threatening rain clouds over their heads. A tense silence fell. And then the orchestra, so physical
4 min readChris Jones: With 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' Live Musical Theater Roars Back To Life In London, A Moment To Be Cherished Chicago TribuneArticle
Chris Jones: With 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' Live Musical Theater Roars Back To Life In London, A Moment To Be Cherished
Aug 18, 2020
LONDON - The actors came out with fabric covering their faces, each one apart from another. They found their socially distant marks and drove away the threatening rain clouds over their heads. A tense silence fell. And then the orchestra, so physical
4 min readChris Jones: With 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' Live Musical Theater Roars Back To Life In London, A Moment To Be Cherished Chicago TribuneArticle
Chris Jones: With 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' Live Musical Theater Roars Back To Life In London, A Moment To Be Cherished
Aug 18, 2020
LONDON - The actors came out with fabric covering their faces, each one apart from another. They found their socially distant marks and drove away the threatening rain clouds over their heads. A tense silence fell. And then the orchestra, so physical
4 min read
Reviews for An Actor Prepares
Rating: 4.85 out of 5 stars
5/5
20 ratings1 review
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'm grateful to have this essential actor's tool as an audiobook. I can listen to it anytime I'm on a walk, exercising, in the car, doing chores, or just sitting and listening. There's a lot of content in each chapter so I like rewinding sections that I find inspirational, informative, or confusing at first. Certain inflections during conversations between Constantin and the director throw me for a loop so I rewind to grasp the context. Overall, it's a wonderful audiobook for an aspiring actor to keep in their toolbox!
4 people found this helpful