Method acting

Method acting, known as the Method, is a group of rehearsal techniques that seek to encourage sincere and expressive performances through identifying with, understanding, and experiencing a character's inner motivation and emotions.[2][3] Theatre practitioners built these techniques on Stanislavski's system, developed by the Russian and Soviet actor and director Konstantin Stanislavski and captured in his books An Actor Prepares, Building a Character, and Creating a Role.[4]

The approach was initially developed by three teachers who worked together at the Group Theatre in New York and later at the Actors Studio[4]: Lee Strasberg, who emphasized the psychological aspects; Stella Adler, the sociological aspects; and Sanford Meisner, the behavioral aspects.[5]

  1. ^ Blum (1984, 63) and Hayward (1996, 216).
  2. ^ "Method acting". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "Method Acting". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press.
  4. ^ a b Krasner (2000b, 130).
  5. ^ Krasner (2000b, 129).
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