“The more I think about acting, the shorter my definition of good acting becomes. If you ask me how I define it, my answer is: it is the kind of acting in which there is a super task and a through-action. Bad acting is where there is neither.” – Constantin Stanislavski This essay will explore the concept of organic acting and the development of the pioneering vision of Constantin Stanislavski that is Stanislavski’s system. I will explore how the system effects our understanding of realism, and discuss the effectiveness of its use during the rehearsal process. Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky was a seminal theatre practitioner who according to Benedetti J. (1998, p.13) believed the ideal actor to be someone who is in control, who had mastered
