Abstract
The author offers an interpretation of "An Actor's Work: A Student's Diary," by Konstantin Stanislavski, translated by Jean Benedetti, focusing on the phenomenological aspects of the acting process it describes. Johnston examines "Year One: Experiencing" through the lens of Martin Heidegger's phenomenology in "Being and Time." He argues that the approach to actor training and role preparation described by Stanislavski bears striking connections with a "practical" philosophical exploration. The actor's art can be seen as an embodied philosophy that makes different ways of "being-in-the-world" manifest and gestures toward the "meaning of being."