Through line

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The through line, sometimes also called the spine, was first suggested by Constantin Stanislavski as a simplified way for actors to think about characterisation. He believed actors should not only understand what their character was doing, or trying to do, (their objective) in any given unit, but should also strive to understand the through line which linked these objectives together and thus pushed the character forward through the narrative.

Through line is increasingly being used in other contexts as substitutes for words like thread as seen in the following excerpt from an article by Alex Knapp: "There is a constant through line we see starting with A New Hope and running through to the end of the Return of the Jedi of the Emperor consolidating more and more power into his own hands and that of his right-hand man, Darth Vader".^[1]

References

↑ "Five Leadership Mistakes Of The Galactic Empire"

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Theories and techniques	Action Affective memory Art of representation Given circumstances Inner monologue Subtext Substitution Through-line of action Turning point Unit of action

Books	My Life in Art An Actor Prepares Building a Character Creating a Role

Moscow Art Theatre	Moscow Art Theatre production of Hamlet Moscow Art Theatre production of The Seagull

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