One technique i found extremely useful to put into practice was the "magic if". I used this in both scenes i was in. First, i used to ask myself, what if that was me, finding out that all my hard work, with the man i love, had been destroyed, by that man. Or, even using Ibsen's provided metaphor of a baby. I used this to ask myself what i would do if i received news that someone had killed my child. In the second scene i used it similarly. I asked my self what if i just found out the person i loved, and was seeing was dead. This easily draws up emotions and adds to the subtext and physicality that is not specified on text.
I found this easier to use than emotion memory, as i have never experienced someone telling me that they have killed my baby, or the person i loved dying, and although i can imagine what it is like, it isn't exactly memory, more imagination.
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