Psychological approaches: Uta Hagen, Robert Cohen, David Mamet, Maria Knebel and Sharon Marie Carnicke

What this note covers

1. What the syllabus asks you to know about an approach
2. Uta Hagen: truthful behaviour through the actor's own experience
3. Robert Cohen: acting as goal-driven interaction
4. David Mamet: Practical Aesthetics and the essential action
5. Maria Knebel and Sharon Marie Carnicke: Active Analysis
6. Applying a psychological or text-based approach in exam answers
7. Comparing the four approaches

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