A bit of history
Nikolay Vasilyevich Demidov’s third book “The Art of Living on Stage” is a culmination of his forty years of theatrical and pedagogical work. Initially conceived as a single book, Demidov’s work expanded into a planned series of five books. Before his death in 1953, he completed three of these books, while the remaining two existed […]
TRAINING AND DRILL = ETUDES ?
In his third (abridged) book, Demidov, in the first two chapters, explains what Stanislavsky was trying to figure out in the “school” he created. Stanislavsky, according to Mr. D, had planned two paths (even though a third is always there “the path of the “naturally gifted” actor is by nature there). The first path is that of […]
