Overview
No one has had a greater influence on acting as we know it than
Stanislavski. His 'method' - or interpretations of it - has become the
central force determining almost every performance we see on stage or
screen. In My Life in Art Stanislavski recalls his theatrical career,
from his early experiences in Rubinstein's Russian Musical Society to
his final triumphs with Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre. His vivid
accounts of his own most famous productions including 'The Seagul' and
'Uncle Vanya' are interspersed with anecdotes of the famous - of
Kommisarjevksy, Tolstoy, Gorky, and of the Moscow visit of Isadora
Duncan and Gordon Craig.