Script analysis for actors, directors, and designers

<P><EM>Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers</EM> teaches the skills of script analysis using a formalist approach that examines the written part of a play to gauge how the play should be performed and designed. Treatments of both classic and unconventional plays are...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Thomas, James Michael., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, Mass. : Focal Press 2014.
Edición:5th ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627704506719
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Action Analysis; Thinking Eventfully; Action Analysis and Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; CHAPTER 2 Given Circumstances; Time; Place; Society; Economics; Politics and Law; Learning and the Arts; Spirituality; The World of the Play; Given Circumstances in Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; CHAPTER 3 Background Story; Technique; Identification; Background Story in Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; CHAPTER 4 External and Internal Action; External Action
  • External and Internal Action in Nonrealistic PlaysSummary; Questions; CHAPTER 5 Progressions and Structure; Progressions; Structure; Progressions and Structure in Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; CHAPTER 6 Character; Objectives; Actions; Adaptations-An Aside; Confiict; Will Power; Values; Personality Traits; Complexity; Relationships; Character in Nonrealistic Plays; The Score of a Role; Summary; Questions; CHAPTER 7 Idea; Idea in the Words; Idea in the Characters; Idea in the Plot; The Main Idea; Idea in Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; Postscript on Action Analysis
  • CHAPTER 8 DialogueWords; Sentences; Speeches; Literary Qualities; Theatricality; Dialogue in Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; CHAPTER 9 Tempo, Rhythm, and Mood; Tempo; Rhythm; Mood and Atmosphere; Tempo, Rhythm, and Mood in Nonrealistic Plays; Closing Notes on Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; CHAPTER 10 The Style of the Play; Given Circumstances; Background Story; Plot; Character; Idea; Dialogue; Atmosphere; Summary; Questions; CHAPTER 11 Postmodern Drama: A Case Study; About Heiner Müller and Hamletmachine; Action Analysis of Hamletmachine; Formal Elements of Hamletmachine
  • The Postmodern Viewpoint in HamletmachineIn Search of the Postmodern Viewpoint; Summary; A Final Word; Appendix A: Further Questions for Script Analysis; Appendix B: Effective Analysis of the Mise-en-Scène; Bibliography; Index