Constantin Stanislavski

Russian actor, director, and producer.

Constantin Stanislavski (born January 5 [January 17, New Style], 1863, Moscow, Russia—died August 7, 1938, Moscow) was a Russian actor, director, and producer, founder of the Moscow Art Theatre (opened 1898). He is best known for developing the system or theory of acting called the Stanislavsky system, or Stanislavsky method.

Stanislavski method acting is basically in seven steps, these techniques where developed to help actors to build beliveable characters. These are: Who Am I? Where Am I? When Is It? What Do I Want? Why Do I Want It? How Will I Get It?

Some famous plays using that Stanislavski played in.

Among the numerous powerful roles performed by Stanislavsky were Astrov in Uncle Vanya in 1899 and Gayev in The Cherry Orchard in 1904, by Chekhov; Doctor Stockman in Henrik Ibsen 's An Enemy of the People in 1900; and Satin in The Lower Depths.

Extreme naturalism:

Naturalism is a movement in European drama and theatre that developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It refers to theatre that attempts to create an illusion of reality through a range of dramatic and theatrical strategies.