British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Theatre Practitioners and Genres
From Stanislavski to Brecht and from Theatre of the Absurd to Theatre Workshop, explore some of the key influences and developments within 20th-century theatre practice.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Capturing and Creating the Modern
Discover the ways in which writers captured the fast-changing world around them during the 20th Century.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: 20th Century Theatre
Find close readings, critical interpretations, and personal responses to the works of key 20th-century playwrights and practitioners, including Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Shelagh Delaney, and Timberlake Wertenbaker.
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: European Influence
Discover how European cities were crucibles for modernist experimentation.
Other
H2g2: Konstantin Stanislavski and Method Acting
Background information about Stanislavski and his method of acting. Includes discussion of the theater of his time, "the system," "the method," and his later life.
Other
Krying Sky: Konstantin Stanislavski (1863 1938)
Biography of the influential acting theorist Konstantin Stanislavski. Contains quotations from some of his work,four pictures, and links to related information.
PBS
Pbs American Masters: Constantin Stanislavsky
Short biography of Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky provided by PBS's American Masters series. Contains four paragraphs of information as well as links to related topics.
Other
Krying Sky Productions: The Group Theatre (1931 1940)
Contains four paragraphs of information about the influential Group Theatre of New York in the 1930s. Also contains links to more information about people who influenced or were associated with it including Konstantin Stanislavski, Lee...