How to Read a Play - Script Analysis for Directors

Now in a fully updated second edition, How to Read a Play offers methods for analyzing play scripts from a diverse range of perspectives, giving directors practical tools as they prepare for production.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Lessons from the past 3. Survey of Current Practices 4. Reading a Play without a Script 5. Workbook Chapter

About the author

Damon Kiely is a professional director, writer, and professor of directing and acting for the Theatre School at DePaul University. He is the author of How to Rehearse a Play: A Practical Guide for Directors (Routledge 2020) and Play Directing: The Basics (Routledge 2023).

Summary

Now in a fully updated second edition, How to Read a Play offers methods for analyzing play scripts from a diverse range of perspectives, giving directors practical tools as they prepare for production.

Product details

• Authors: Damon Kiely, Damon (Depaul University Kiely, Kiely Damon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032470849
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3247084-9
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; DRAMA / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Acting techniques, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production