Skip to main content

Building a Character

Building a Character cover

Building a Character

Quantity
Pre-order. Available 26 Feb 2026
£14.40 RRP £16.00 Website price saving £1.60 (10%)

Payment for this pre-order will be taken when the item becomes available

Description

In this follow up to his most famous book, An Actor Prepares, Stanislavski develop his influential 'system' of acting by exploring the imaginative processes at the heart of the actor's craft. Building a Character deals with the physical realisation of character on the stage through such tools as expressions, movement and speech. It is a book in which every theory is inextricably bound up with practice - a perfect handbook to the physical art of acting. The work of Stanislavski has inspired generations of actors and trainers and - available now in the Bloomsbury Revelations series to mark the 150th anniversary of Stanislavski's birth - it remains an essential read for actors and directors at all stages of their careers.

Table of Contents

Explanatory Note by the Translator \ 1. Toward a Physical Characterization \ 2. Dressing a Character \ 3. Characters and Types \ 4. Making the Body Expressive \ 5. Plasticity of Motion \ 6. Restraint and Control \ 7. Diction and Singing \ 8. Intonations and Pauses \ 9. Accentuation: The Expressive Word \ 10. Perspective in Character Building \ 11. Tempo-Rhythm in Movement \ 12. Speech Tempo-Rhythm \ 13. Stage Charm \ 14. Toward an Ethics for the Theatre \ 15. Patterns of Accomplishment \ 16. Some Conclusions on Acting \ Index.

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 26 Feb 2026
Format Audiobook
Duration 8 hours and 0 minutes
ISBN 9781350597181
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Series Bloomsbury Revelations
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Constantin Stanislavski

Constantin Stanislavski (1863-1938) was a Russian…

Related Titles

Environment: Hukd Staging