ABSTRACT

Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers applies directly to the experience of theatrical production. You will immediately be able to inforporate the concepts and processes you learn into both your practical and creative work. Whether you are an actor, a director, or a designer, you will benefit from clear and comprehensive examples, end-of-chapter questions, and summaries meant to stimulate their creative process as they engage in production work.

Based on the premise that plays should be objects of study in and of themselves, Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers teaches an established system of classifications that examines the written part of a play. This fourth edition will include in-depth analysis of unconventional plays, which are more frequent on amateur and professional stages. These plays present unique analytical challenges that the author teaches you the unusual ways in which the subject matter operates in unconventional plays.


chapter 1|37 pages

Action Analysis

chapter 2|32 pages

Given Circumstances

chapter 3|23 pages

Background Story

chapter 4|36 pages

External and Internal Action

chapter 5|39 pages

Progressions and Structure

chapter 6|32 pages

Character

chapter 7|29 pages

Idea

chapter 8|34 pages

Dialogue

chapter 9|24 pages

Tempo, Rhythm, and Mood 264

chapter 10|25 pages

The Style of the Play