Method acting aspects), and Sanford Meisner (the behavioral aspects). The approach was first developed when they worked together at the Group Theatre in New York. All three subsequently claimed to be the rightful heirs of Stanislavski's approach. "The Method" is an elaboration of the "system" of acting developed by the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski. In the first three decades of the 20th century, Stanislavski organized his training, preparation, and rehearsal techniques into a coherent, systematic methodology. The "system" brought together and built on: (1) the director-centred, unified aesthetic and disciplined, ensemble approach of the Meiningen company; (2) the actor-centred realism of
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,