{"product_id":"9780415748230","title":"How to Read a Play : Script Analysis for Directors","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow to Read a Play outlines the cruicial work required for a play before the first rehearsal, the first group reading or even the before the cast have met. Directors and dramaturgs must know how to analyze, understand and interpret a play or performance text if they hope to bring it to life on the stage. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a broad range of tools and methods that can be used when reading a text, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eLessons from the past. What can we learn from Aristotle, Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Vakhtangov, Brecht and Harold Clurman? This section establishes the models and methods that underpin much of a director's work today. \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eA survey of current practices in Western theatre. A combination of research, interviews and observation of practical work addresses the main stages in understanding a play, such as getting to know characters, sharing ideas, mapping the action and grappling with language. \n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eA workbook, setting out twenty one ways of breaking down a play, from the general to the particular. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContributions, reflections and interjections from a host of successful directors make this the ideal starting point for anyone who wants to direct a play, or even devise one of their own. This wide range of different approaches, options and techniques allows each reader to create their own brand of play analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Focal Pr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48219632828651,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":82.31,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780415748230-1.jpg?v=1781622685","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9780415748230","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}