First global view of director, Stanislavsky to be published after four years of research
First global view of director, Stanislavsky to be published after four years of research
Stanislavsky in the World: The System and its Transformation across Continents, published by Bloomsbury in May maps the movement of Stanislavsky’s system across five continents, revealing undiscovered paths of transmission and examining wider questions of embodied history and tradition building. To make its point, it focuses on practices beyond Russia and the US – for too long accepted blindly as the two most-developed seats of Stanislavskian practice – and introduces readers and practitioners to new routes in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and South (Latin) America. In doing so the editors of this book, Leeds Professor, Jonathan Pitches, and Maltese academic Stefan Aquilina take on some knotty and current questions – of transformation, translation, appropriation and resistance. It will undoubtedly make a significant contribution to Stanislavsky studies but recent research on theatre and interculturalism, globalisation, and postcolonialism will also be boosted by these findings.
Paul Fryer, Director of the International Stanislavsky Centre at Rose Bruford said:
By taking us far beyond the accustomed Russian/European/North American context, Pitches and Aquilina provide a unique collection of outstanding scope and scholarship which refreshes our view of Stanislavsky’s worldwide influence and makes us reconsider his legacy for contemporary theatre makers everywhere.
