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Konstantin Stanislavsky

Russian actor and director
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Also known as: Konstantin Sergeyevich Alekseyev, Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski, Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky
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In full:
Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky
Stanislavsky also spelled:
Stanislavski
Original name:
Konstantin Sergeyevich Alekseyev
Born:
January 5 [January 17, New Style], 1863, Moscow, Russia
Died:
August 7, 1938, Moscow (aged 75)
Founder:
Moscow Art Theatre
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Konstantin Stanislavsky (born January 5 [January 17, New Style], 1863, Moscow, Russia—died August 7, 1938, Moscow) was a Russian actor, director, and producer, founder of the Moscow Art Theatre (opened 1898). He is best known for developing the system or theory of acting called the Stanislavsky system, or Stanislavsky method. (Read Lee Strasberg’s 1959 Britannica essay on Stanislavsky.) Stanislavsky’s father was a manufacturer, and his mother was the daughter of a French actress. Stanislavsky first appeared on his parents’ amateur stage at age 14 and subsequently joined the dramatic group that was organized by his family and called the Alekseyev ...(100 of 1280 words)

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