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
Walter Felsenstein times. In 1969 he directed the Russian language production of "Carmen" by Bizet at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theater in Moscow. In Moscow it was stated that his way of the opera staging was similar to the principles of Konstantin Stanislavsky. Felsenstein died at age 74 in East Berlin. He is buried in Kloster on Hiddensee, an island in the Baltic Sea. He translated and edited numerous operatic works into German, including "Carmen" (Georges Bizet, 1949) and "La traviata" (Giuseppe Verdi, 1955). Famous productions include "Die Zauberflöte" (Mozart, 1954), "Les contes d'Hoffmann" (Jacques Offenbach, 1958), "Otello" (Verdi,