The Stanislavsky Secret: Not a System, Not a Method but a Way of Thinking Book

	Introduction	1
	Preface	3
Chapter 1	The Development of the Stanislavsky System, 1906-1990	7
	The Initial Stage of the Development of the System	8
	The Beginning of the Method of Physical Actions	10
	Stanislavsky's Latest Discovery	13
	The New Method Is Introduced into Theatre Practice	15
	The Political Campaign Against the New Method	17
	Post-Stanislavsky Development of the New Method	19
Chapter 2	Stage Action	23
Example 1	The Old Uncle	24
	The Characters' Conflict and Stage Actions	25
Example 2	The Colonel	26
Example 3	The Interview	28
Example 4	The Girlfriends	29
Example 5	The Jewels	31
	The Focal Point of a Conflict	32
	Communion on the Stage	33
	The Actor's Adjustments	33
	Action and Activity	34
Chapter 3	Elements of Acting Technique	37
	Energy	38
	Example: A Shocking Accident	41
	Energy Exercises	44
	The Object	48
	Emotional Memory	50
	Entering the Stage	51
	The Actor's Attention On-stage	52
Chapter 4	Structuring the Play	53
	Subdividing a Play into Events	53
	Event One	54
	Event Two	58
	Event Three	59
	Event Four	60
	Event Five	62
	On the Character's Position in a Conflict	63
	Possible Types of Conflicts in an Event	64
	The Concept of the Superobjective	64
Chapter 5	Work on a Monology
	Monology of Natalya Petrovna from A Month in the Country	69
	Monology of the King from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark	71
	Monolog of Podkolesin from The Marriage	73
Chapter 6	The Actor's Training	77
	Training in the Workshop Environment	80
	Refining an Improvisation to the Point of a Finished Scene	87
	Individual Exercises at Home	89
	Epilogue: The Actor's Transformation	93
	Acknowledgments	95
	Notes	97
	Bibliography	101
	Index	103
	About the Authors	105