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The document outlines Uta Hagen's 'Nine Questions' which are a set of questions actors should ask themselves to develop their character. The questions cover topics like who the character is, where they are, what surrounds them, what time it is, the given circumstances, their relationships, what they want, what's in their way, and what they do to get what they want.

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Character Analysis 1

The document outlines Uta Hagen's 'Nine Questions' which are a set of questions actors should ask themselves to develop their character. The questions cover topics like who the character is, where they are, what surrounds them, what time it is, the given circumstances, their relationships, what they want, what's in their way, and what they do to get what they want.

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UTA HAGEN’S “NINE QUESTIONS”

Uta Hagen: Respect for Acting

1. Who am I? (character-search for character’s life prior to play’s/scene’s


beginning)

2. Where am I? (environment: location, conditions)

3. What surrounds me? (persons, objects, color and texture)

4. What time is it? (hour, minute, date, year, century, era)

5. What are the given circumstances? (those events, facts, and conditions
occurring before or during the play/scene that affect
the character and /or action)

6. What is my relationship? (to all of the above and to other characters-solid or


shifting?)

7. What do I want? (Objectives or Intention –includes the overall character


objectives as well as more immediate beat-to-beat intentions).

8. What’s in my way? (Obstacle)

9. What do I do to get what I want? (ACTION – VERBS; physical, verbal, psychological)

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