Stanislavski

Theatre theory in practice

Olabidemi Animashaun

Contents

The theorist, the theory and the context…………………………………………………………………………… page 1
Practical explorations and development of the solo theatre piece………………………....…………………………………………………….page 2
Analysis and evaluation of the solo theatre piece………………………………………………………………………………..page 3

Theatre theory in practice

Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski The magic if: Fences
The theorist, the theory and the context
Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski, also known as constantin stanislavski Is the theorist I used as a basis for my solo piece “Fences”. He was a russian actor, director and theorist. He co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre in 1897 and developed a performance process known as method acting, allowing actors to use their personal histories to express authentic emotion and create rich characters. In 1912 he created First studio, which served as a training ground for young thespians. During the Moscow Art Theatre's early years, Stanislavski worked on providing a guiding structure for actors to consistently achieve deep, meaningful and disciplined performances. He believed that actors needed to inhabit authentic emotion while on stage and, to do so, they

I looked up some videos in which people were performing fences and i watched the broadway version. Fortunately, the videos helped a lot and i found a really good performance i loved. the actor represented Rose Maxson in a very good way, her emotions, gestures and facial expression felt real, she also had a great voice and i loved it a lot. Other actors i found did not represent Rose like i wanted, they basically read through the script. I wanted to represent Rose in a very constructive and sensitive way because her husband troy Maxson cheated on her and he just told her. I was trying to portray her reaction by using the “magic if” (putting myself in her