Organising your early responses to the text

This chapter is about organising your early responses to the text and building the world that exists before the action of the play begins. It has six steps:

Using lists of facts and questions Organising information about what exists before the action of

the play begins Research Answering difficult questions about the text Place Character biographies

Undertaking these steps will ensure that you have an objective relationship to the play. Your objectivity will help you to build a world that is specific and, later on, it will help you talk about the play in a way that actors will find useful.