https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21547 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:39:49 GMT 2026-07-08T00:39:49Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147798 Title: Maurice Maeterlinck’s ‘the tragic in daily life’ : a video essay Authors: Aquilina, Stefan Abstract: This video essay offers a methodology aimed at making historical figures from theatre and performance relevant to contemporary studies, practice, and training. It uses Maurice Maeterlinck’s essay ‘The Tragedy in Daily Life’ as a case-study to demonstrate how this contemporaneity is achieved by i) using fragments from the essay as a stimulus for generating performance material and (ii) transforming a key concept, idea, or theme into an instance of actor training. An accompanying Research Statement contextualises the project. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147798 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147794 Title: Editorial [Stanislavski Studies, 14(1)] Authors: Aquilina, Stefan Abstract: It is a pleasure to introduce here the essays comprising Volume 14, Issue 1 of the journal Stanislavski Studies. Last November, the Stanislavsky Research Centre (Leeds/Malta) and my own Department of Theatre Studies (University of Malta) have convened The S Word symposium on the theme of Stanislavsky’s Many Faces – Then and Now. The symposium drew a full programme of panels, presentations, and workshops, with the varied contexts represented – the USA, the UK, Greece, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Ukraine, Malta, Albania, Turkey, Denmark, India, Brazil, Australia, and Taiwan – evidencing the very international nature of our field. Presentations delivered at the symposium start emerging in this current issue as fully developed, peer-reviewed essays, with more expected to feature in the coming months. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147794 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147791 Title: Editorial [Stanislavski Studies, 12(2)] Authors: Aquilina, Stefan Abstract: It is my pleasure to write this editorial and to introduce the various contributions featured in this issue of Stanislavski Studies (Volume 12: 2 May 2024). As always, this issue is packed with historical, practical, and even imaginative readings of Stanislavsky that show the richness of current debates on his work. First and foremost, I would like to thank all contributors for their essays, expertise, and patience, and for choosing Stanislavski Studies as their publication outlet. I hope readers enjoy going through the contributions here as much as I enjoyed working on the issue as a whole. [excerpt] Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147791 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147788 Title: Editorial [Stanislavski Studies, 12(1)] Authors: Aquilina, Stefan Abstract: This May 2024 issue of Stanislavski Studies sources a lot of its contributions from The S Word symposium that was hosted by the Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens between the 9 and 11 November 2023. It was another stimulating meeting of Stanislavsky scholars, historians, teachers, and practitioners, with the event being organized by our own Dr Michaela Antoniou, Associate Editor of this journal. Like past editions of the symposium, the meeting in Athens featured a full programme of keynote lectures, book launches, presentations, and workshops, and I was excited to see in front of my eyes how the field is developing thanks to the internationalization efforts that were started by Paul Fryer and Bella Merlin when they first conceived the symposium way back in 2015. [excerpt] Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147788 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z