Constantin Stanislavski

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 …

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.