It is my conviction that if the only existing systematized acting technique—the results of Stanislavski’s life work—became the uniform method of training for actors in the United States, theater would achieve the high artistic level of the other arts in the United States. With the objective of bringing into this country Stanislavski’s teachings and his ultimate technique, which is the solution to spontaneous behavior on stage, I am continuing to research the writings of Russian theater scholars and scientists who have been studying Stanislavski’s overwhelming discovery.
This second revised edition includes the data of my latest researches. The emphasis is on intense sensitivity of the actor’s body to make it capable of the immediate expression of inner processes and of what words alone cannot project: the “subtext” of behavior on stage.
Sonia Moore
New York City, 1984