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Nicolas Capril

An expansion upon the April 2024 Browsing Bookshelf exhibit at Dupre Library

The Craft

Nic's got some interesting philosophies on performance and some... shall we say, unique acting techniques. These sources can help you act like Nicolas Cage. OK, probably not, but they can help us unpack the theatrical enigma that is Nic Cage.

Cobras in his garden

This might seem random, but Cage is cited saying his acting methods have been inspired by cobras.

L'art du théâtre : la voix, le geste, la prononciation
Film and Literature, an Introduction
Acting methods and training techniques in the twentieth century as espoused by four classic artists : Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, M. Chekhov and Grotowski

M.S. Thesis, University of Southwestern Louisiana 1983

Acting Onstage and Off