Making Theatre: From Text to PerformanceThe reality of a play is in its performance. Making Theatre focuses on the processes by which performance is realized, analyzing three major areas: "Words" and the interpretation of text; "Vision" including scenery, costume and lighting; and "Music" which illustrates the importance of music in all stage action.The forms of theater covered include straight drama, the musical and opera. Taking productions well-known on both sides of the Atlantic, Peter Mudford examines plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Pirandello, Beckett, Pinter, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and David Mamet; musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim; and operas by Verdi, Wagner and Berg.This account of what makes theater important and how it works will be invaluable to teachers and students of drama and performance, as well as all those interested in theater as art. |
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... Hall , Peter Hall's Diaries , edited by John Goodwin , Hamish Hamilton Paperback , London , 1983 . Herbert , Jocelyn Herbert , A Theatre Workbook , Art Books International , London , 1993 . Holden , Anthony Holden , Olivier , Sphere ...
... Hall , Peter Hall's Diaries , edited by John Goodwin , Hamish Hamilton Paperback , London , 1983 . Herbert , Jocelyn Herbert , A Theatre Workbook , Art Books International , London , 1993 . Holden , Anthony Holden , Olivier , Sphere ...
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From Text to Performance Peter Mudford. What the characters in a play say , and what the play means to us , the audience ... hall , a tavern , a field , a church ; and the per- formance could move with the audience from one to another ...
From Text to Performance Peter Mudford. What the characters in a play say , and what the play means to us , the audience ... hall , a tavern , a field , a church ; and the per- formance could move with the audience from one to another ...
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From Text to Performance Peter Mudford. the light and shadow which the enclosed space of a theatre like the Globe made possible . But it was in the fully enclosed space of the Hall , where Royal performances occurred , that in the course ...
From Text to Performance Peter Mudford. the light and shadow which the enclosed space of a theatre like the Globe made possible . But it was in the fully enclosed space of the Hall , where Royal performances occurred , that in the course ...
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From Text to Performance Peter Mudford. In this ... Hall has remarked in his diaries ] is about people not buildings . Buildings are fine , they give you opportunity , a foundation , but they are the second priority , not the first . ' ( Hall ...
From Text to Performance Peter Mudford. In this ... Hall has remarked in his diaries ] is about people not buildings . Buildings are fine , they give you opportunity , a foundation , but they are the second priority , not the first . ' ( Hall ...
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