Perspectives on Emotion and Stage Action in Acting

Emotions are a constant in our daily lives, and the way we manage them depends on our emotional intelligence, which cannot be the same for every individual in society. In the art of theatrical performance, emotion is the guarantee of a successful performance. As far as the actor's performance mechanisms are concerned, emotion is regarded with great interest by actors, believing that their performance must obey certain unwritten laws, leading to a result that will glorify the emotion in their acting. My article aims to debate what its role is in the actor's art, and whether it should be seen as an ideal towards which the actor should strive, or merely a consequence of something well done, which is based on other mechanisms, such as stage action.