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No-one has had a greater influence on acting as we know it than Stanislavski. His ‘system’ — or interpretations of it — has become the central force determining almost every performance we see on stage or screen. His teaching is principally set out in three famous books. An Actor Prepares, Building a Character and Creating a Role.In the first book An Actor Prepares, Stanislavski dealt with the inner imaginative processes. In the second book, Building a Character, he deals with the physical realisation of character on the stage — expressions, movement, speech etc. It is a book in which theory is inextricably bound up with practice — a perfect handbook to the physical art of acting.Contents Toward a Physical Characterization Dressing a Character Characters and Types Making the Body Expressive Plasticity of Motion Restraint and Control Diction and Singing Intonations and Pauses Accentuation: the Expressive Word Perspective in Character Building Tempo-Rhythm in Movement Speech Tempo-Rhythm Stage Charm Toward an Ethics for the Theatre Patterns of Accomplishment Some Conclusions on ActingEnjoy Boggy