Stanislavski

As he was bringing new prominence to the training of actors and stage technicians, Benedetti turned his attention more fully to his research on the life and works of Konstantin Stanislavski. Stanislavski was a central part of every drama school’s curriculum. But Benedetti could see that the accepted translations were wrong and the view of Stanislavski needed correcting.

Through the many books to follow on Stanislavski he formed a productive relationship with the publishers Methuen Drama. He first published a translation of Stanislavski’s own autobiography,