Konstantin Stanislavskij

Building a Character is Constantin Stanislavski's second book on acting. It was first published in Russian in 1948, and a translation by Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood was published with this English title by Theatre Art Books, New York, in 1949.

An Actor Prepares is the first of Konstantin Stanislavski's books on acting, followed by Building a Character and Creating a Role. Stanislavski intended to publish the contents of An Actor Prepares and Building a Character as a single volume, and in the Russian language. However, An Actor Prepares was first published …