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No. And the reason that I say no is that there aren't any useful character building exercises for an actor. The character was already built by the playwright in their construction of the play. Your job, your lookout is not to build a character, but to tell the story of the play.
The only character that needs to be built is your own, and I don't mean a fictional character. Your character. The stronger and more achieved your character is, the better. Your character is the most important character in the theatre. As Stanislavski once said (I paraphrase a little here 'you are a thousand times more interesting than any character in a play'.
Exercises such a writing out biographies for your character have the appearance of utility, but they are essentially just talisman's to ward off the evil bad performance demons. The theatre is full of such mythical baloney.
The only character that needs to be built is your own, and I don't mean a fictional character. Your character. The stronger and more achieved your character is, the better. Your character is the most important character in the theatre. As Stanislavski once said (I paraphrase a little here 'you are a thousand times more interesting than any character in a play'.
Exercises such a writing out biographies for your character have the appearance of utility, but they are essentially just talisman's to ward off the evil bad performance demons. The theatre is full of such mythical baloney.
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that's not necessarily true, if you are making your own piece you need to build the character
but i think what you're asking about more is understanding the character? hot seating is always a good way to do this, get other people to ask you questions about the character so you get into their mind so to speak
but i think what you're asking about more is understanding the character? hot seating is always a good way to do this, get other people to ask you questions about the character so you get into their mind so to speak
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