Stanislavski: Stanislavski's Role In Theatre

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Stanislavski

Konstantin Stanislavski was born on the 5th of January 1863 and he died at the age of 75 and that year was 7th of August 1938. He was born is Moscow and also died in the same city of Moscow and was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.

Stanislavski created a new way to preform acts and other parts of theatre, this way of theatre made its way all over the globe and is now one of the most used ways to preform acts at shows and other places. This new way of preforming was to make the actors act realistically while on stage to make the movements believable. Stanislavski made theatre what it is now. It used to be big and overreacted movements so then people in the audience would be able to compare past experiences

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