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The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.

Franz Grillparzer

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Franz Grillparzer
Age: 81 †
Born: 1791
Born: January 15
Died: 1872
Died: January 21
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
Actors
Art
Three
Presupposes
Part
Phases
Contemplating
Essence
Understanding
Acting

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