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Article: Between love and theatre: young Stanislavsky.
- Article from:
- Theatre History Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
- Author:
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"Konstantin Sergeyevich was a man with a capital 'M,' while I was ordinary, and I have always known it."--Maria Lilina (1)
Foreword from the author
Despite the great many books that were written about Stanislavsky, he--the human being and the man--has been estranged from Stanislavsky the immense director. As an individual, Stanislavsky has been overshadowed by his own greatness, by his work at the Art Theatre, and by his System. Will the study of his personality lessen his greatness or compromise his theatrical discoveries? Let's admit it: access to his letters and other unpublished documents was both limited and restricted. The situation started to ...