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Question

Many of my friends, which include Americans, say that Lee Strasbourg is the "Father" of Method acting!
I say that it is Stanislavsky and that Strasbourg merely "Ran" with his ideas, when he set up his school in New York.
Comments?

JustAThought:
Hell, what are you on?
It is Stanislavsky as far as I am concerned!
It was just a question?
You need to get a life or get a good shag to lighten up!

JustAThought: One other thing! Are you a trainee "Trick Cyclist"?
Don't need your advice!

O.K Spotlight! Address?

Answer 1

Just out of interest, it's worth comparing Stella Adler's approach.

Answer 2

Stanislavski's System can also be called the Method of Physical Action which differs from Lee Strasberg's Method which is heavy influenced by "Affective Memory". Stanislavski had different pupils during each of the phases of discovering and experimenting with a Universal Method of acting. One such student, Richard Boleslavsky founded the American Laboratory Theatre in 1925. It had a tremendous impact on American acting, with Lee Strasberg as its head. Boleslavsky had been in Stanislavsky's phase when experimenting with Affective Memory. Stanislavski theory later evolved to rely on Physical Action inducing feelings and emotions. Affective Memory is applied in Stanislavski's System but not as much so as in Lee Strasberg's Method.

Answer 3

Go to this link and it will tell you what you need to know..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_acting

an extract from the said link

Mainly an American school, "The Method" was popularized by Lee Strasberg at The Actors Studio and the Group Theatre, in New York City in the 1940s and 1950s. It was derived from "the Stanislavski System", after Konstantin Stanislavski, who pioneered similar ideas in his quest for "theatrical truth." This was done through friendships with Russia's leading actors as well as his teachings, writings, and acting at the Moscow Art Theater (founded 1897).

Strasberg's students included many of America's most famous actors of the 20th century, including Paul Newman, Al Pacino, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and many others.

Answer 4

"Konstantin Stanislavski".

In 1897 he co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT) with Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. . It was at MKhAT that Stanislavski began developing, based on the realist tradition of Aleksandr Pushkin, his famous "System" .

Stanislavski's System focused on the development of realistic characters and stage worlds. Actors were instructed to utilise their "Affective Memory" in order to naturally portray a character's emotions.

Stanislavsky proposed that actors study and experience subjective emotions and feelings and to manifest them to audiences by physical and vocals means, also known as Theatre language.

"The System" would later be adapted by Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Robert Lewis, Sanford Meisner, and many others in the United States.

Stanislavski's System can also be called the Method of Physical Action which differs from Lee Strasberg's Method which is heavy influenced by "Affective Memory".


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Answer 5

Stanislavsky - see the following article:

Answer 6

Stanislavsky - most definitely

Answer 7

If your getting into an arguement over this you have issues....its Konstantin Stanislavski

Answer 8

Bottomline: There is no such thing as a monopoly of creativeness and inventiveness just as there is no exclusive franchise for innovation and extrapolation.

Answer 9

why do you have to look outside yourself for "the answers" (I suspect you do it more in life than just this one Q). As in most issues like this, it is not the "one true answer" that is important, but the cogency of your arguments to support any position you hold. So get a life, i.e be autonomous, and lead your own life , making your own decisions, but understanding on what reasoning you base them.

Answer 10

Let him have the title of father. Even if he wasn't the 'natural father' he did bring it to a mature age. (Pun intended.)