Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit, The

By Bella Merlin

A practical, hands-on guide to Stanislavsky's famous 'system' and to his later rehearsal processes - for actors, directors, teachers and students. From the author of Beyond Stanislavsky.

The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit collects together for the first time the terms and ideas developed by Stanislavsky throughout his career.

It is organised into three sections: Actor-Training, Rehearsal Processes and Performance Practices. Key terms are explained and defined as they naturally occur in this process. They are illustrated with examples from both his own work and that of other practitioners.

Each stage of the process is explored with sequences of practical exercises designed to help today's actors and students become thoroughly familiar with the tools in Stanislavsky's toolkit.

'erudite but very accessible... a brilliantly researched study' Amateur Stage, Critic's Choice

'a great achievement... a serious, no-nonsense interpretation of Stanislavsky's thinking written by an actor-teacher with considerable experience... I shall be going back to this Toolkit again and again' Reviews Gate

'the ultimate 'all in one' panacea for drama teachers struggling to make Stanislavsky's teachings understandable for students... a snip at £10.99' Teaching Drama Magazine

Bella Merlin has successfully combined a professional career in acting (notably in Max Stafford-Clark's Out of Joint Theatre Company) with teaching at the drama departments of the Universities of Birmingham and Exeter. She is the author of Beyond Stanislavsky and Konstantin Stanislavsky in Routledge's Performance Practitioners series