Constantin Stanislavsky Research Paper

Constantin Stanislavsky was born in 1863 Russia, at this time Russia’s theatre consisted of mainly of a stylised and exaggerated way of acting that later in life Stanislavski would become dissatisfied of. In his early career Stanislavsky performed and directed until the age of 33 using the stage name Stanislavsky to bypass the embarrassment his family would experience when being associated with actors. However Stanislavsky gained praises from critics for rebelling against the current trend of acting by creating onscreen reality using characters portraying truthful and convincing emotions. From this Stanislavsky played a large part in the movement of realism on stage, as did Nemirovich- Danchenko whom he would open the Moscow Art Theatre with