“The meaning of creativity is in the subtext” - this phrase by Konstantin Sergeevich Stanislavsky could become an epigraph to his entire creative activity. A categorical opponent of both “mossy conservatism” and strained innovation in theatrical art, Stanislavsky advocated for the naturalness and logic of the play, for the fact that what is happening on the theatrical stage is perceived directly and vividly by the viewer. The famous system of mastering acting skills created by Stanislavsky was presented on the pages of the numerous books he wrote and tested in the Moscow Art Theater created at the end of the 19th century. The book you are holding in your hands are selected chapters from the famous work of the Master “The Actor’s Work on Oneself in the Creative Process incarnation."