R. Andrew White is Associate Professor of Theatre at Valparaiso University, where he annually directs productions. He has an MFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theatre School, and has worked as an actor at a variety of theatres in the United States. In addition, his scholarship has appeared in edited works published by Routledge and Palgrave Macmillan, as well as in top American journals including Theatre Survey, TDR/The Drama Review, and New England Theatre Journal.
White (Valparaiso Univ.) and Camicke (USC School of dramatic arts) bring together 22 thorough essays of about 20 pages, each with a bibliography...it is fascinating to read how each contributor discovered Stanislavsky's work and interprets it. Combining scholarly research and professional theater experience, this book reveals an intriguing account of, and debate about, the past and present and also projects into the future. Summing Up: Recommended. - J Toma/in, San Francisco State University in CHOICE