KONSTANTIN

STANISLAVSKI
Done by: Saniyat , Nayrouz & Maira
Born: 17 January 1863
Died: 7 August 1938 (aged
75) Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupation: theatre director,
actor , theatre theorist
Literary movement :
Naturalism, Psychological realism,
Socialist realism, Symbolism.
Notable work(s): Founder of
the Moscow Art Theatre
Spouse(s): Maria Petrovna
Perevostchikova (stage name:
Maria Liliana)






Timeline of life
Born in 1863 in Moscow,
Russia, Constantin Stanislavski
started working in theater as a
teen, going on to become an
acclaimed thespian and
director of stage productions.
He co-founded the Moscow
Art Theatre in 1897 and
developed a performance
process known as method
acting, allowing actors to use
their personal histories to
express authentic emotion and
create rich characters. He died
in Moscow in 1938.
EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
Stanislavski came from one of the richest families in Russia, the Alekseievs.
He was born Constantin Sergeievich Alexeiev; 'Stanislavski' was a stage name
that he adopted in 1884 in order to keep his performance activities secret from
his parents. In 1885, Stanislavski studied at the Moscow Theater School, where
students were encouraged to mimic the theatrical 'tricks' and conventions of
their tutors. Disappointed by this approach, he left after three weeks and instead
went to study at the Maly Theatre, where he learned to rehearse well, appear
fresh during performances, and extract energy from the other stage players,
rather than the audience. However Stanislavski's enlightenment came mostly
from his encounter of Italian master actor Tommaso Salvini's portrayal in
Othello.
STANISLAVKI METHOD
During the Moscow Art Theatre's early years, Stanislavski worked on providing
a guiding structure for actors to consistently achieve deep, meaningful and
disciplined performances. He believed that actors needed to inhabit authentic
emotion while on stage and, to do so, they could draw upon feelings they'd
experienced in their own lives. Stanislavski also developed exercises that encouraged
actors to explore character motivations, giving performances depth and an
unassuming naturalism while still paying attention to the parameters of the
production. This technique would come to be known as the "Stanislavski method"
or "the Method."
OPENING THE MOSCOW
ART THEATRE
In June 1897, Constantin Stanislavski and playwright/director
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko decided to open the Moscow Art
Theatre, which would be an alternative to standard theatrical
aesthetics of the day. The company successfully opened in October
1898 with Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich by Aleksey K. Tolstoy. The theater's
subsequent production of The Seagull was a landmark achievement
and reignited the career of its writer Anton Chekhov, who went on to
craft plays specifically for the company. Over the following decades,
the Moscow Art Theatre developed a stellar domestic and
international reputation with works like The Petty Bourgeois, An
Enemy of the People and The Blue Bird. In 1912, Stanislavski created
First Studio, which served as a training ground for young thespians. A
decade later, he directed Eugene Onegin, an opera by Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky.
QUOTES
Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.
The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it.
Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of
attention and a shortened period of mental
assimilation.











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