About the Book: A Directors Guide to Stanislavskys Active Analysis: Including
the Formative Essay on Active Analysis by Maria Knebel
A Directors Guide to Stanislavskys Active Analysis describes Active Analysis,
the innovative rehearsal method Stanislavsky formulated in his final years. By
uniting mental analysis and etudes, Active Analysis puts an end to the problem
of mind-body dualism and formalized text memorization that traditional rehearsal
methods foster. The book describes Active Analysis both practically and
conceptually; Part One guides the reader through the entire process of Active
Analysis, using A Midsummer Nights Dream as a practical reference point. The
inspiration here is the work of the Russian director Anatoly