Acting Philosophies Summary

   Sanford Meisner is an actor and theater educator in the19 century. As a leading acting teacher, he focused on teaching his students act truthfully and believed in acting is about reproducing honest emotional human reactions (2). He developed his own technique of repetition exercise, which is now known as Meisner Technique or Spontaneous repetition. The purpose of the exercise is to bring the actors back to themselves, which let actors focus less on the words but the person they are acting with (2). As a result, actors express their real emotions on stages and express the audiences the more. Meisner described this reality acting as “To live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances” (2).  He was also a member of Group Theatre, which a cooperative theater ensemble and the leading force in the theater world of the 30s (1).

   As a great educator, Meisner had many famous students such as Robert Duvall, Grace Kelly and more (1).

1. "SANFORD MEISNER TECHNIQUE." About the Meisner Acting Technique. DeSotelle Studio, n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2016.
2. "About Sanford Meisner." PBS. PBS, 22 Apr. 2001. Web. 20 Oct. 2016.
   
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