The art of acting...the first six lessons

Stanislavsky's remarkable contribution to the analysis of the art of acting is intertwined with his biography in the book "My Artistic Life". As for all the rest, it is, in general, an attempt to create a philosophy of acting rather than to analyze the elements of the art of acting or to establish literal rules for the actor. Is it necessary for an actor to have gone through an emotional experience to be able to portray it? Can he portray it better if he actually renews the feeling of it ev...