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Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers Paperback - 1998 - 2nd Edition

by James Thomas

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Based on the premise that plays are objects of study in and of themselves, Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers, teaches a traditional system of classifications that examines the written part of a play, excluding such considerations as performance, scenery, or costuming. This book applies directly to the experience of theatrical production; students will immediately be able to relate the concepts and procedures they learn to their artistic work. The author's procedural method is detailed and precise. The parts of a play are learned progressively, which fosters an understanding of the concept of artistic unity. Examples are clear and comprehensive. Actors, directors, and designers will benefit from end-of-chapter questions and summaries meant to stimulate their creative process as they engage in production work. An updated appendix includes introductions to additional critical theories in widest use today. Examples from contemporary theatre, including three plays written since 1990, bring this edition completely up-to-date.

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Every play can be divided into six elements from which it derives its basic nature: plot, character, idea, dialogue, tempo-rhythm-mood (Aristotle's music), and production values (scenery, costumes, lighting, etc.).

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  • Title Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers
  • Author James Thomas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Pages 215
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Focal Press, Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
  • Publication date November 1998
  • ISBN 9780240803364 / 0240803361
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.38 x 6.08 x 0.52 in (23.83 x 15.44 x 1.32 cm)
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress subjects Drama - Explication
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98030445
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.2

About the author

James Thomas, Professor of Theatre at Wayne State University and Head of its PhD Program in Directing and Theatre Scholarship, is a graduate of St. Ambrose College (BA), Villanova University (MA), and the University of Texas at Austin (PhD). Thomas has also taught theatre at Mount Holyoke College, Marquette University and Florida State University, where he was Associate Dean. His recent directing credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author and Cymbeline at Detroit's Hilberry Theatre, and Ah, Wilderness! and The Skin of our Teeth at the Bonstelle Theatre. He is also translator of texts about modern Russian acting and directing technique and Director of the Department's Study Abroad Program with the Moscow Art Theatre School. He is currently at work on a study of Shakespeare's plays for actors, directors and designers.James Thomas, Professor of Theatre at Wayne State University and Head of its PhD Program in Directing and Theatre Scholarship, is a graduate of St. Ambrose College (BA), Villanova University (MA), and the University of Texas at Austin (PhD). Thomas has also taught theatre at Mount Holyoke College, Marquette University and Florida State University, where he was Associate Dean. His recent directing credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author and Cymbeline at Detroit's Hilberry Theatre, and Ah, Wilderness! and The Skin of our Teeth at the Bonstelle Theatre. He is also translator of texts about modern Russian acting and directing technique and Director of the Department's Study Abroad Program with the Moscow Art Theatre School. He is currently at work on a study of Shakespeare's plays for actors, directors and designers.

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