Getting Stanislavsky wrong: the Method, one director claims, can be a woeful impediment to an actor's spontaneity.(OPINION)
American Theatre, March, 2007 by Marowitz, Charles
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In 1923, all of New York was bowled over by the first visit of the Moscow Art Theatre to America. No one in this country had seen such synchronized ensemble-playing or a troupe of individual actors of such power and persuasiveness. When the company returned to Russia after a triumphant national tour, actors such as Maria Ouspenskaya stayed behind and, along with Richard Boleslavsky, an earlier drop-out, began instructing American actors in that strange doctrine known as the Stanislavsky System.
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One of Boleslavsky's most attentive students was Lee Strasberg. Both Strasberg and his ...
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