Method acting

Method acting is an acting technique in which actors try to replicate the emotional conditions under which the character operates in real life, in an effort to process an acting role.

External references:

Major books on Method:

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• Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen
• An Actor Prepares by Konstantin Stanislavski
• To the Actor by Michael Chekhov
• Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sanford Meisner

Articles:

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• Article about Method acting at Slate
• List of Method techniques and definitions