cover image Stanislavski: A Biography

Stanislavski: A Biography

Jean Benedetti. Routledge, $14.95 (370pp) ISBN 978-0-87830-128-7

``Drawing on newly available Russian-language sources, Benedetti limns a mercurial, uncompromising, possessed director who expected his colleagues to switch gears as quickly as he did. Regrettably, this book is solid, meticulous theater history but frustratingly dull biography,'' said PW. Photos. (June)