Script Analysis for Actors, Directors and Designers - Brossura

Thomas, James

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0240801296 ISBN 13: 9780240801292

Casa editrice: Focal Press, 1992

Riassunto

A guide to the principles and procedures of formal theatre script analysis based on the premise that plays are objects of study in themselves. It takes plays apart to see what makes the written portion of a play 'tick'.

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L'autore

James Thomas, Professor of Theatre at Wayne State University and Head of its PhD Program in Directing and Theatre Scholarship, is a graduate of St. Ambrose College (BA), Villanova University (MA), and the University of Texas at Austin (PhD). Thomas has also taught theatre at Mount Holyoke College, Marquette University and Florida State University, where he was Associate Dean. His recent directing credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author and Cymbeline at Detroit's Hilberry Theatre, and Ah, Wilderness! and The Skin of our Teeth at the Bonstelle Theatre. He is also translator of texts about modern Russian acting and directing technique and Director of the Department's Study Abroad Program with the Moscow Art Theatre School. He is currently at work on a study of Shakespeare's plays for actors, directors and designers.
James Thomas, Professor of Theatre at Wayne State University and Head of its PhD Program in Directing and Theatre Scholarship, is a graduate of St. Ambrose College (BA), Villanova University (MA), and the University of Texas at Austin (PhD). Thomas has also taught theatre at Mount Holyoke College, Marquette University and Florida State University, where he was Associate Dean. His recent directing credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author and Cymbeline at Detroit's Hilberry Theatre, and Ah, Wilderness! and The Skin of our Teeth at the Bonstelle Theatre. He is also translator of texts about modern Russian acting and directing technique and Director of the Department's Study Abroad Program with the Moscow Art Theatre School. He is currently at work on a study of Shakespeare's plays for actors, directors and designers.

Contenuti

Fondations of the plot: given circumstances; Foudations of the plot: background story; Plot: physical and psychological action; Plot: progressions and structure; Character; Idea; Dialogue; Tempo, rhythm and mood; The style of the play;
Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Focal Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0240801296
• ISBN 13: 9780240801292
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208