{"product_id":"script-analysis-for-theatre-9781408184301","title":"Script Analysis for Theatre","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScript Analysis for Theatre: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTools for Interpretation, Collaboration and Production\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eScript Analysis for Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e offers a practical approach to script analysis for theatre production and is grounded in case studies of a range of the most stu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScript Analysis for Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003eI 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  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","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739001237847,"sku":"9781408184301","price":32.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408184301.jpg?v=1720050845","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/script-analysis-for-theatre-9781408184301","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}