Method acting Method acting Method acting is a range of training and rehearsal techniques that seek to encourage sincere and emotionally expressive performances, as formulated by a number of different theatre practitioners. These techniques are built on Stanislavski's system, developed by the Russian actor and director Konstantin Stanislavski and captured in his books "An Actor Prepares", "Building a Character", and "Creating a Role". Among those who have contributed to the development of the Method, three teachers are associated with "having set the standard of its success", each emphasizing different aspects of the approach: Lee Strasberg (the psychological aspects), Stella Adler (the sociological
Konstantin Sokolsky with self-respect — he reminded many Russian émigrés of their Mother Russia, which they had had to leave, sooner or later after the Bolshevik revolution. In Russia, his songs also became popular, released on L.P.'s with the Bonophon and Bellaccord labels. During World War II, he stayed in Latvia. In 1944 he was arrested by the Germans, but escaped. Konstantin Sokolsky Konstantin Sokolsky (also spelled: Sokolski, , original name Konstantin Kudryavtsev (Константин Кудрявцев)) (7 December 1904 - 12 May 1991) was a Latvian Russian singer. Sokolsky was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, but for most of his life lived in Riga,