An Encyclopedia of Unculturedness

Theatrical Motifs and the Drama of Everyday Life in the 1920s Stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko

“…Shcheglov suggests that "The Actor" actively mocks the Stanislavsky method, and "A Dangerous Little Play" can be included in that assessment as well. 35 Stanislavsky, after all, sought to "retheatricalize the theater by reimmersing it in a truer, more authentic naturalness." He emphasized psychological realism and the careful study of "real" persons as bases for characters, while also encouraging the actor "to copy the romantic poet [by] looking deep into the well of his own consciousness."…”