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Stanislavski in Practice: Exercises for Students

Stanislavski in Practice is an unparalleled, step-by-step guide to Stanislavskis system. Author Nick OBrien makes this cornerstone of acting accessible to teachers and students alike.

This is an exercise book for students and a lesson planner for teachers on syllabi from Edexcel, WJEC and AQA to the practice-based requirements of BTEC. Each element of the system is covered practically through studio exercises and jargon-free discussion.

Over a decades experience of acting and teaching makes OBrien perfectly placed to advise anyone wanting to understand or apply Stanislavskis system.

Features include:

practical extension work for students to take away from the lesson;

notes for teachers on how to use material with different age groups;

exam tips for students based on specific syllabus requirements;

a chapter dedicated to using Stanislavski when rehearsing a text;

a glossary of terms that students of the system will encounter.

Nick OBrien runs Stanislavski workshops across the UK. He trained at the Academy of the Science of Acting and Directing and has a PGCE from Keele University. He is an Examiner for Edexcel.

Stanislavski in Practice: Exercises for Students

NICK OBRIEN

LONDON AND NEW YORK

First published 2011
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2011 Nick OBrien

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
OBrien, Nick, 1972.
Stanislavski in practice: exercises for students/Nick OBrien.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. Method acting. 2. Acting. 3. Stanislavsky, Konstantin,
18631938. I. Title.
PN2062.O27 2010
792.028 dc22 2010008409

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