Preparation before rehearsal consists of calming down or warming up. An actor who is not given enough rehearsal time, finds himself in essentially the same situation. Despite being one of the original teachers of the Stanislavski system, Nikolai Demidov's name was little known either in his native Russia or the wider world until the turn of the 21st Century. Since then, his extensive works have been published in Russian but are yet to find their way to the English-speaking world. His sophisticated psychological techniques, stimulation of creativity, and methods of developing the actors themselves are now gaining increasing recognition. The side of freedom in the creative process was enriched with artistic integrity, ideological directedness, and intelligent coherence, essential to a production. As for the analytical treatment of the performance and its every role, it became alive, inspired by actors' creativity and action.