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Patricia Kerrigan: Method training

Patricia Kerrigan, who plays Elizabeth Proctor, says that she uses method training to prepare for her part. This involves the actor drawing on their own life experience and how it may provide a loose parallel with the experience of the character they are playing. For example, when John Proctor, Elizabeth’s husband, is taken off to be hanged, Patricia tried to think of losing someone she loved that might affect her in a similar way.

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