Damon Kiely

How to Read a Play

Script Analysis for Directors

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Directors and dramaturgs must know how to analyze a performance text in order to bring it to life on the stage. This book documents a range of the models used when reading a text, divided into three sections. The first section details play analysis from Aristotle onwards. The second surveys current Western theatre practices through research, interviews and observation, and is divided into subsections based on directors' tasks. The third is a workbook of exercises based on findings from section two, designed to help the director analyze their chosen text. The goal is that, having experimented with the practices in this book, the reader will be equipped to create their own brand of analysis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 142mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780415748223
• ISBN-10: 0415748224
• Artikelnr.: 43849860

Autorenporträt

Kiely, Damon

Inhaltsangabe

Forward by Anne Bogart
Introduction
Lessons from the past
Aristotle
Konstantin Stanislavski
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Yevgeny Vakhtangov
Bertolt Brecht
Harold Clurman
A Survey of Current Practices
Digging into the Script on Your Own
Reading the Play for the First Time
Moving Past First Impressions
Going beyond the Words on the Page
Preparing for Design Meetings and Casting Sessions
Sharing your Read on the Play
Discovering the World of the Play
Getting to Know the Characters
Gearing up for Rehearsing with Actors
Grasping the Given Circumstances
Mapping the Action
Grappling with the Language
Reading a Play without a Script: Notes on Devising
What do you start with?
What are you analyzing?
What is a play?
Workbook Chapter
The First Steps in Preparation
Getting Ready to Talk to Designers
Getting Ready to Cast the Play
Getting Ready for Rehearsal
Checking Your Handle on Structure
A Final Gut Check
Appendices
Character Biographies
French Scenes: List Version
French Scenes: Chart Version
Director Breakdown
Moment Chain
Streetcar Punctuation Write Up
The Tempest Punctuation Write Up
Bibliography
List of Interviews
Biographies of Interviewees