| "Magic if" | Stanislavski's acting exercise which requires the actor to ask, "How would I react if I were in this character's position?"
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| Emotional recall | Stanislavski's exercise to assist the actor in presenting realistic emotions. The performer thinks of the circumstances surrounding an event in his or her own life which led to an emotion similar to that which the character is supposed to feel in the play. By mentally re-creating these circumstances, the performer will feel the emotion.
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| Ensemble playing | Acting which stresses the total artistic unity of a performance rather than the individual performances of specific actors.
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| Realism | Broadly speaking, the attempt to present onstage people and events corresponding to those observable in everyday life.
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