Stanislavsky began experimenting with the possibilities of a systematic approach to actor training in 1906 when he experienced difficulties with his own acting work at the MAT. © Society for Cooperation in Russian and Soviet Studies, London. The Moscow Art Theatre production of Maxim Gorky’s The Lower Depths, 1902, with Stanislavsky as Satin (center). Both approaches have deep roots in Western culture but also similarities to many non-Western modes. The sociological mode underlay Meyerhold’s constructivist experiments with actors, and it later provided the basis for Brechtian performance. Vsevolod Meyerhold initiated a modern version of the sociological mode, which involves the actor demonstrating the character to the audience. Deriving primarily from Stanislavsky’s interest in naturalism, the psychological approach to actor training continues to inform most training methods for film and television acting in Hollywood. The psychological mode, which emphasized the actor’s immersion in a stage character, began in the Moscow Art Theatre (MAT) under Konstantin Stanislavsky, and later flourished in the U.S. Two primary modes of training actors, the psychological and the sociological, dominated Western theatre between 19. CASE STUDY: Psychological and sociological training for the actorīy Bruce McConachie Stanislavsky and Meyerhold
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