Using the Stanislavsky System: A Practical Guide to Character Creation and Period Styles (Limelight)

"Using the Stanislavsky System is for all professional and student actors, and for acting teachers as well. It explains how to create a character in plays of any period. Each chapter covers the way men and women moved, stood, and sat in the clothing they wore: the use of accessories such as fans, swords, snuffboxes, gloves, and hats; greetings, bows, and curtsies: etiquette, civility, and table manners; and automatic habits of thinking and social intercourse, depending on social class. Literature, music, and painting and other graphic arts are also discussed, and the sections on films and television programs, as well as the bibliographies of books and recordings in each chapter, will guide you further in doing your research."--BOOK JACKET.Robert Blumenfeld is the author of 'Using the Stanislavsky System: A Practical Guide to Character Creation and Period Styles (Limelight)', published 2008 under ISBN 9780879103569 and ISBN 0879103566.