Jean Benedetti was born in 1930 and educated in England
     and France. He trained as an actor and teacher at the Rose
     Bruford College of Speech and Drama, returning in 1970 as
     Principal of the College until 1987.
      He is author of a number of semi-documentary television
     plays. His published translations include Brecht’s Edward II
     and A Respectable Wedding and Georges Michel’s A Sunday
     Walk. His first book was a biography of Gilles de Rais.
     In 1982 he published the first edition of Stanislavski: An
     Introduction, which has been reprinted many times. Stanisla-
     vski: A Biography was first published in 1988 and then revised
     andexpanded. He subsequently published The Moscow
     Art Theatre Letters in 1991 and Dear Writer … Dear Actress,
     the love letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper, in
     1997. Stanislavski and the Actor, an account of Stanislavski’s
     teaching in the last three years of his life, followed in 1998.
      From 1979 to 1987 he was chairman of the Theatre
     Education Committee of the International Theatre Insti-
     tute (UNESCO). He is currently Honorary Professor at
     both Rose Bruford College and Queen Margaret University
     College Edinburgh.
    Books by Stanislavski
    AN ACTOR PREPARES
    AN ACTOR’S HANDBOOK
    BUILDING A CHARACTER
    CREATING A ROLE
    MY LIFE IN ART
    STANISLAVSKI IN REHEARSAL
    STANISLAVSKI’S LEGACY
    STANISLAVSKI ON OPERA
    Books by Jean Benedetti
    STANISLAVSKI: HIS LIFE AND ART
    STANISLAVSKI & THE ACTOR
    THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE LETTERS
    DEAR WRITER, DEAR ACTRESS: 
    THE LOVE LETTERS OF ANTON CHEKHOV 
    AND OLGA KNIPPER
           Stanislavski
          An Introduction 
          Jean Benedetti
          A Theatre Arts Book
            Routledge
            New York