Theatre from the cracks in the psyche of culture home news scream manifesto gallery scripts workshop history links Useful Brecht and Stanislavsky Links The following sites provide food for theatrical imagination. Brecht http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~jamesf/goodwoman/brecht_bio.html http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/brecht.htm An excellent site full of links to Brecht (mostly in German): Bertolt Brecht Institutionen A Model of Mother Courage (different portrayals) Stanislavsky http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/stanislavsky_c.html Referring to David Mamet's "True and False" this writer suggests: "... even a brilliant man could talk nonsense." http://method.vtheatre.net/stanislavsky.html Some useful equating with Meyerhold and the ancients: http://www.vtheatre.net/acting/title.html A fascinating discussion on Stanislavsky's production of The Cherry Orchard : http://newmedia.cgu.edu/stageart/sullivan/stan.html Here is a most useful article in comparing different theoretical perspectives of Stanislavsky, Brecht, Piscator, Mayerhold, Craig and others: http://www.kingsnortonboys.bham.sch.uk/subjects/drama/pages/stanisl.pdf This is a most interesting article looking at weaknesses in Stanislavsky's approach while also pointing up what it actually entails. There are some good references to Peter Brook. Stanislavsky on Home Ground by JOHN ELSOM     Interested in more from Shadow House PITS, please become a subscriber to our Trinculo's Shadow Newsletter by clicking here.   Trinculo's Shadow Receive our new Trinculo's Shadow newsletter directly by subscribing to us. Read information about issues and events from local, national and international groups who: use theatre to explore the human condition venture into the very psyche of cultural and personal expression, and are interested in exploring the mysteries of life and social/cultural interaction. To receive your copy and read provocative theatre articles and receive information about scripts, workshops and performances from Shadow House PITS, please sign up here as a subscriber. To subscribe, click here and complete the simple form.