Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov by Stella Adler

Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov by Stella Adler

An original member of the famed Group Theater, Stella Adler was one of the most influential artists to come out of the American theater. As a Stanislavsky disciple and founder of her own highly esteemed acting conservatory, the extravagant actress was also an eminent acting teacher, training her students -- among them Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and Robert DeNiro -- in the art of script interpretation.

The classic lectures collected here, delivered over a period of forty years, bring to life the plays of the three fathers of modern drama: Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, and Anton Chekhov. With passionate conviction and shrewd insight, Adler explains how their plays forever changed the world of dramaturgy while offering enduring insights on society, class, culture, and the role of the actor. She explores the struggles of Ibsen's characters to free themselves from societal convention, the mortal conflicts that trap Strindberg's men and women, and the pain of loss and transition lyrically evoked by Chekhov. A majestic volume, Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov allows us to experience the work of these masters as if to see, hear and feel their genius for the first time. (William H. Gass)

STELLA ADLER made her stage debut at the age of five in a performance starring her father, Jacob Adler, the famed Yiddish Theatre performer. Stella Adler was one of the innovative Group Theatre's co-founders. In 1934, she met Konstantin Stanislavski and began studying with him, as well as teaching acting workshops to other members of the Group, including Sanford Meisner and Elia Kazan. In 1949, Adler founded the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting and taught acting at Yale University. BARRY PARIS is the author of Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo, and Audrey Hepburn biographies, as well as the editor of Stella Adler's Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekov and Stella Adler's America's Great Playwrights.

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ISBN 13	9780679424420
ISBN 10	0679424423
Title	Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov
Author	Stella Adler
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1999-03-23
Number of pages	323
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