My life in art

This book knows this book who decided to devote himself to the art of the theater, and not only in Russia, but throughout the world. Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky is one of those few whose influence on theatrical art cannot be overestimated. The great actor, director and reformer, and most importantly, the great teacher. "My life in art" is not just a book of memories. Stanislavsky wanted to write not an ordinary autobiography, but to describe a "consistent, logical and normal evolution experienced by an artist in his art." This is an attempt to clarify for himself his creative path, to determine what influenced, formed and developed in Alekseev (the real name of the director) the future innovator and reformer of the Russian scene - Stanislavsky. Talking about the past, Konstantin Sergeyevich is addressed by all thoughts to the present and future. The spirit of the struggle for life, truthful art permeates every page of his book. From his events and impressions of life, Stanislavsky selected only those facts that helped to reveal his main creative topic. A person’s open, unusually subtly feeling, sometimes seemingly childishly naive, comes from the pages of the book. But this is not a naivety, but that is the highest degree of wisdom that does not need extensive reasoning and emphasized meaningfulness. Stanislavsky speaks with the reader on equal terms, he shares his difficulties with him, talks a lot and with humor about his own mistakes and teaches - smartly, unobtrusively, friendly