The Actor's Second Nature: Stanislavski and William James.

This article considers the origins of Stanislavski's system and his insistence that the actor's skills, like the musician's, must be honed through daily exercises. Such practice must become the actor's 'second nature', as Stanislavski terms it. Rose Whyman here compares what Stanislavski has to say...

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Publicado en:New Theatre Quarterly Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 115 - 124
Autor principal: Whyman, Rose
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press May2007
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