James Thomas

Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers, Seventh Edition, teaches the skills of script analysis using a formalist approach that examines the written part of a play to evaluate its potentials for performance and production.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000985078
• Artikelnr.: 68969198

Autorenporträt

James Thomas is a Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University, USA. His publications include The Seagull: An Insider's Account of the Groundbreaking Moscow Production; A Director's Guide to Stanislavsky's Active Analysis; The Art of the Actor Manager: Wilson Barrett and the Victorian Theatre; and translations of The Joy of Rehearsal, The Craft of Rehearsal, and Beyond Rehearsal by Russian director Anatoly Efros. He was a contributor to Russian Theatre in Practice and his research has been published in Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics, Contemporary Theatre Review, and Scene. He is also founding director of Wayne State University's Summer Study Abroad Intensive with the Moscow Art Theatre School.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Action Analysis 2. Foundations of the Plot: Given Circumstances 3. Foundations of the Plot: Background Story 4. Plot: External and Internal Action in the Dialogue and Stage Directions 5. Plot: Progressions and Structure 6. Character 7. Idea 8. Dialogue 9. Tempo, Rhythm, and Mood 10. Style Appendix: Conceptual Theatre and External Approaches to Play Analysis