ABSTRACT
Method acting is a style of acting that was developed by Konstatin Stanislavsky. He was a Russian actor, director and producer of stage plays and a founder of the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898. His book An Actor Prepares is well worth a read! The basic premise is that an actor lives and breathes the character of the part he is about to play so that when the actor’s character is put in a given situation the character will react in a convincing way. This living and breathing of the character is carried out by workshops with other actors, the director making the actor act out spontaneous situations and also by the actor taking his roll home with him and acting the character out in real life situations. Imagine going out for the evening as King Henry the Eighth!
