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magic if: a standalone construct

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Acting

the actor's question of what they would do if the role's situation were real, used to set imagination and action going.

In acting, magic if refers to the actor's question of what they would do if the role's situation were real, used to set imagination and action going. This meaning comes from Stanislavski (1936) in An Actor Prepares.[1]

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Stanislavski, C. (1936). An actor prepares (E. R. Hapgood, Trans.). Theatre Arts Books. Open Library record

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