How to Read a Play
Script Analysis for Directors
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2024
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2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-47082-5 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-47082-5 (ISBN)
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Now in a fully updated second edition, How to Read a Play offers methods for analyzing play scripts from a diverse range of perspectives, giving directors practical tools as they prepare for production.
Based on interviews with award winning directors, university professors, and experimental theatre companies, How to Read a Play provides practical advice on how to first approach a script, prepare for design meetings, get ready for casting sessions, and lay the groundwork for rehearsals with actors. The book starts with a brief historical overview of famous directors, survey’s the work of experimental theatres that devise their work, and ends with twenty-one practical exercises. The second edition includes material from interviews with a diverse range of directors and includes perspectives on identity, race, trauma, and joy in working on new plays and redefined classic works.
How to Read a Play is written for anyone who loves studying the craft of directing. Students and early career directors will be introduced to basic techniques for breaking down a script for production. Established artists will enjoy a behind the scenes peek at the methods and processes of directors with a diverse range of perspectives.
Based on interviews with award winning directors, university professors, and experimental theatre companies, How to Read a Play provides practical advice on how to first approach a script, prepare for design meetings, get ready for casting sessions, and lay the groundwork for rehearsals with actors. The book starts with a brief historical overview of famous directors, survey’s the work of experimental theatres that devise their work, and ends with twenty-one practical exercises. The second edition includes material from interviews with a diverse range of directors and includes perspectives on identity, race, trauma, and joy in working on new plays and redefined classic works.
How to Read a Play is written for anyone who loves studying the craft of directing. Students and early career directors will be introduced to basic techniques for breaking down a script for production. Established artists will enjoy a behind the scenes peek at the methods and processes of directors with a diverse range of perspectives.
Damon Kiely is a professional director, writer, and professor of directing and acting for the Theatre School at DePaul University. He is the author of How to Rehearse a Play: A Practical Guide for Directors (Routledge 2020) and Play Directing: The Basics (Routledge 2023).
1. Introduction 2. Lessons from the past 3. Survey of Current Practices 4. Reading a Play without a Script 5. Workbook Chapter
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 4 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-47082-8 / 1032470828 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-47082-5 / 9781032470825 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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