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Book SynopsisScript Analysis for Theatre: Tools for Interpretation, Collaboration and Production provides theatre students and emerging theatre artists with the tools, skills and a shared language to analyze play scripts, communicate about them, and collaborate with others on stage productions. Based largely on concepts derived from Stanislavski''s system of acting and method acting, the book focuses on action - what characters do to each other in specific circumstances, times, and places - as the engine of every play. From this foundation, readers will learn to distinguish the big picture of a script, dissect and ''score'' smaller units and moment-to-moment action, and create individualized blueprints from which to collaborate on shaping the action in production from their perspectives as actors, directors, and designers.
Script Analysis for Theatre offers a practical approach to script analysis for theatre production and is grounded in case studies of a range of the most stu
Trade ReviewScript Analysis for Theatre provides excellent techniques developed over a lifetime of work with actors, directors, designers, in the classroom and on stage. The book is seasoned, smart and practical, equipping students with an essential toolbox for engaging with scripts. * Jim Volz, Professor of Theatre History at California State University at Fullerton, USA *
I am deeply impressed by the precise way in which it fuses a broad theoretical understanding of drama with the practical analysis of texts, and have little but praise for it. I am very familiar with the range of existing script analysis texts, and this is one of the few I would consider assigning in full to an undergraduate script analysis class. * Art Borreca, Iowa Playwrights Workshop, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Iowa, USA *
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction 1 The World of the Play Given circumstances Previous action Dramaturgy The writing of the play and order of scenes Character Environment 2 Structure and Action Point of attack Number of scenes Number of locations Number of characters Number of plots Type of causality Actions and objectives 3 Process Core action Avant-garde 4 Blueprints Given circumstances blueprint Character blueprint Relationship blueprint Structure blueprint Environment blueprint Appendices A. Action Verbs B. Sample Scores Select Bibliography Index Biographical
