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Stanislavsky and Meyerhold

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258 pages
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The book explores the contrasting careers of Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vsevolod Meyerhold, two pivotal figures in 20th-century theatre. It delves into their divergent acting methods, which emerged from their shared beginnings at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898, against the backdrop of tsarism and early communism. Their eventual collaboration in the late 1930s is highlighted, along with the starkly different fates they faced under Stalin's regime—Stanislavsky's state-sanctioned reverence versus Meyerhold's tragic demise. This narrative reveals the complexities of artistic rivalry and the evolution of acting techniques.

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Stanislavsky and Meyerhold, Robert Leach

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2003
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