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| author         = [[Konstantin Stanislavski]]
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| translator     = Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood
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| subject        = [[Acting]]
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* 1957
* 1961 (Theatre Art Books)
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| preceded_by    = [[Building a Character]]
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'''''Creating a Role''''' is theatre actor/director [[Constantin Stanislavski]]'s third and final book on [[Stanislavski's system|his method]] for learning the art of [[acting]]. It was first published in Russian in 1957; Theatre Art Books published an English-language edition, translated by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood, in 1961.

In the two preceding installments, ''[[An Actor Prepares]]'' (1936) and ''[[Building a Character]]'' (1948), Stanislavski describes ways in which an actor imagines the lived experience of their character, and then expresses that inner life and persona through speech and movement. ''Creating a Role'' applies these principles to [[rehearsal]], in which the actor improves their understanding of the role, and how it fits the script.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stanislavski |first=Constantin |last2=Gillett |first2=John |authorlink=Constantin Stanislavski |title=Creating a Role |chapter=Preface to the Bloomsbury Revelations Edition |year=2013 |publisher=Bloomsbury |pages=vii–viii |isbn=978-1-78093-691-8 |oclc=821702510}}</ref>

==Contents==
'''Part I: Griboyedov's ''Woe from Wit'''''
{{Ordered list |
| The Period of Study
| The Period of Emotional Experience
| The Period of Physical Embodiment
}}

'''Part II: Shakespeare's ''Othello'''''
{{Ordered list |start=4
| First Acquaintance
| Creating the Physical Life of a Role
| Analysis
| Checking Work Done and Summing Up
}}

'''Part III: Gogol's ''The Inspector General'''''
{{Ordered list |start=8
| From Physical Actions to Living Image
}}

'''Appendices'''
{{Ordered list |list_style_type=upper-alpha
| Supplement to ''Creating a Role''
| Improvisations on ''Othello''
}}

==See also==
* [[Stanislavski's system]]
* [[Method acting]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{OL work|id=11933147W|cname=''Creating a Role''}}


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[[Category:Non-fiction books about acting]]
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[[Category:Works about performing arts education]]