| Author: | Konstantin Stanislavski |
| Orig Lang Code: | ru |
| Translator: | Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
| Subject: | Acting |
| Media Type: | |
| Preceded By: | Building a Character |
Creating a Role is theatre actor/director Constantin Stanislavski's third and final book on his method for learning the art of acting. It was first published in Russian in 1957; Theatre Art Books published an English-language edition, translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, in 1961.
In the two preceding installments, An Actor Prepares (1936) and Building a Character (1948), Stanislavski describes ways in which an actor imagines the lived experience of their character, and then expresses that inner life and persona through speech and movement. Creating a Role applies these principles to rehearsal, in which the actor improves their understanding of the role, and how it fits the script.[1]
Part I: Griboyedov's Woe from Wit
Part II: Shakespeare's Othello
Part III: Gogol's The Inspector General
Appendices
. Gillett . John . Constantin Stanislavski . Creating a Role . Preface to the Bloomsbury Revelations Edition . 2013 . Bloomsbury . vii–viii . 978-1-78093-691-8 . 821702510.