Building a Character

<p><em>Building a Character </em>is one of the three volumes that make up Stanislavski's <em>The Acting Trilogy.</em></p> <p><em>An Actor Prepares</em> explores the inner preparation an actor must undergo in order to explore a role to the full. In this volume Sir John Gielgud said this great director found time to explain a thousand things that have always troubled actors and fascinated students.</p> <p><em>Building a Character</em> discusses the external techniques of acting: the use of the body movement diction singing expression and control.</p> <p><em>Creating a Role</em> describes the preparation that precedes actual performance with extensive discussions of Gogol's The Inspector General and Shakespeare's Othello. Sir Paul Scofield called Creating a Role immeasurably important for the actor.</p> <p>These three volumes belong on any actor's short shelf of essential books.</p>