<p>What came before Stanislavsky? In the late 19th century, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an actor, director and theater owner in London. He was the original Henry Higgins in Pygmalion directed by Shaw himself. Tree founded the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA.) Today he is forgotten. Tree’s theatre of excess demanded something new and different and true.</p>

What came before Stanislavsky? In the late 19th century, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an actor, director and theater owner in London. He was the original Henry Higgins in Pygmalion directed by Shaw himself. Tree founded the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA.) Today he is forgotten. Tree’s theatre of excess demanded something new and different and true.

<p>What came before Stanislavsky? In the late 19th century, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an actor, director and theater owner in London. He was the original Henry Higgins in&nbsp;Pygmalion&nbsp;directed by Shaw himself. Tree founded the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA.) Today he is forgotten. Tree’s theatre of excess demanded something new and different and true.</p>

4 - Sir Herbert

Gurus is an epic tale that includes many names we will recognize and many more we will not. While the stories of individual star actors have been told and retold, their collective story - how acting went from stagey and artificial to the more truthful and authentic approaches of today - has not. The saga begins with Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre, but It also includes important, lesser known figures. In a sprawling saga that includes true believers and apostates, radicals and improvisers, from Stanislavsky to Succession, the Gurus podcast aims to tell the whole story.

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