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While pursuing his amateur career, Stanislavski used his family money to start the Society of Art and Literature in 1888. It was a school and a repertory theater. This proved to be a tremendous stepping stone in his career and in his knowledge of the theater. "As both an actor and producer, Stanislavski began his search for a theater which would ban the spurious and artificial from the stage." He was able to oversee numerous productions and gain invaluable insight into the process of play production. Soon he became an excellent director and actor. The casts and crews he assembled, amateurs and professionals, were able to put on any production:

The list of plays acted and directed by Stanislavsky between 1888 and 1896 shows not only the great range of his apprenticeship, which goes from serious drama to light operetta, but is also a reflection of his basic dual

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the same goal expressed by the author in the very essence of his play." Stanislavsky was a master of stage production. He transferred the author's plays into a living entity. The entire company became one; there were "no stars." The theater opened October 14, 1898, and soon became a smashing success. The real turning point was "The Seagull," which so inspired the audience that it gave Act One six curtain calls. The new realistic style contrasted greatly with the old Alexandrinsky theater, and the audience approved. Such authenticity of setting and costumes was new to the stage. The MAT became "a mirror of the times, reflecting in its repertoire the validity of the most progressive forces of Russia." The entire theater's principle was faithfulness to life. Stanislavski's settings and method led the way for revolutionary innovations. The changing theater had now found its "most important, most distinctive feature which, in the course of years, also proved to be the most successful: The rendering of emotions and psychological nuances through a special blending of significant detail with a new manner of acting, supported by teamwork, artistic settings, and thoroughly planned, meticulously organized production." Man
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