Benedetti, Jean

Describes the Stanislavski method of acting, and provides background information on Russian actor and his career, and also discusses his method of physical actions, the elements of an action, character building, and other topics. Includes a chronology.

Discusses the history of acting and the philosophy surrounding it as an art and craft, covering classical views about rhetoric and oratory, Shakespeare, modern performance art, and various theoreticians, movements, and dramatists from Diderot to Bertolt Brecht.