Stanislavski Realism

Stanislavski believed that "what is important to me is not the truth outside myself, but the truth within myself" (Source unknown, Stanislavski) basically meaning that any character given circumstance or action that appeared on the stage must be true and real. Stanislavski acknowledged this idea was a new big form in the acting world because all acting is basically just a lie . He argued that the performers should "Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art" (unknown, Stanislavski), looking for the emotion within themselves as opposed to the words in the script or in the other word is to true to themselves as much as they can while playing a part. The performer must believe in there given circumstance and also thinking as it is very real to them. The performers are given a set of circumstances from the play in the way that they have follow in order to …show more content…
The given circumstances can whether relate to the character or the play itself To achieve the realism Stanislavski put so much work to explored this topic so that the actors would be able to truly understand their role and become more realism. From his book “An Actor Prepares”, he taught the actors how to answer any of given circumstances question to about their character's parentage, childhood or stuff that aren't mentioned in the script. Stanislavski said “the reality of the inner life of a human spirit in a part and a belief in that reality. We are not concerned with the actual naturalistic existence of what surrounds us on the stage, the reality of the material world” (Stanislavski, 1937, p 129) As an actor we need to supplies some general background for our feelings to make the play more realism, we are not to concerned with the actual naturalistic existence of what surrounds us on the stage. Stanislavski now linked us to another aspect of his theory called the 'Magic