{"product_id":"how-to-read-a-play","title":"How to Read a Play","description":"How to Read a Playoutlines 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. This book provides a broad range of tools and methods that can be used when reading a text, including:\u003col\u003e   Lessons 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.   A 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.   A workbook, setting out twenty one ways of breaking down a play, from the general to the particular. \u003c\/ol\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.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44556104761582,"sku":"9780415748223","price":232.05,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415748223.jpg?v=1703539242","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/how-to-read-a-play","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}