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El. knyga: Well Read Play

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  • Formatas: 132 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 22-Oct-2015
  • Leidėjas: Oberon Books Ltd
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781849433785
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  • Formatas: 132 pages
  • Išleidimo metai: 22-Oct-2015
  • Leidėjas: Oberon Books Ltd
  • Kalba: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781849433785
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The Well Read Play, deepens our appreciation and enjoyment of drama. Clear and practical guidance helps the reader to understand the workings of a play, spot clues that the playwright has planted, imagine how it can be staged, and decide whether it will stand the test of time. Absorbing and informative, whether for purposes of study, staging or simply leisure, it is the ideal guide for students, directors, teachers and anyone who loves the theatre.

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“…because many people find it hard to read plays [ Unwin] had written this book to help them. And it works surprisingly well… A useful book, then, from which I learned a lot—The Stage

“an overview of contemporary theatrical thinking, distilling into a single volume a lifetime of [ Unwins] own wisdom.. Aspiring directors, actors and quite possibly critics will certainly derive much from The Well Read Play... essential reading-British Theatre Guide because many people find it hard to read plays [ Unwin] had written this book to help them. And it works surprisingly well A useful book, then, from which I learned a lotThe Stage

an overview of contemporary theatrical thinking, distilling into a single volume a lifetime of [ Unwins] own wisdom.. Aspiring directors, actors and quite possibly critics will certainly derive much from The Well Read Play... essential reading-British Theatre Guide

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A unique and very readable guide, perfect for students, teachers and general readers alike.
Acknowledgements x
1 Why read a play?
1(6)
Where to start?
1(1)
The well read play?
2(3)
Why read a play?
5(1)
The structure of this book
5(2)
2 Where does it come from?
7(9)
Changing plays for changing times
7(6)
Censorship
13(2)
The playwright and the Zeitgeist
15(1)
3 Who wrote it?
16(10)
The playwright's life
16(1)
Where the playwright comes from
17(2)
Beliefs
19(4)
The writer's other work
23(3)
4 What kind of play is it?
26(26)
Classical genres
26(8)
The Unities
34(2)
Three different kinds of comedy
36(6)
Naturalism
42(2)
Symbolism, Expressionism and Surrealism
44(2)
The Theatre of the Absurd
46(1)
Plays about plays
47(1)
Issue drama
48(2)
Kitchen sink drama
50(1)
New Modernity
51(1)
5 Who's in it?
52(29)
`Dramatis Personae'
52(3)
Names
55(2)
Age
57(1)
Class
58(2)
The individual and society
60(4)
Stock characters
64(2)
Stanislavsky
66(2)
Search the text for the clues
68(4)
The key drives
72(2)
Contradictions
74(3)
Actions
77(2)
Delayed judgement and change
79(1)
Imaginary casting
80(1)
6 What do they say?
81(44)
Reading aloud
81(1)
The changing role of language
82(6)
Incomprehensibility
88(2)
Verse
90(8)
Prose
98(4)
Reference
102(2)
Resonance
104(1)
Soliloquy
105(4)
Asides
109(2)
Slang and dialect
111(7)
Jokes
118(3)
Translation
121(4)
7 What happens?
125(12)
Stock actions
126(1)
Popular theatre
126(1)
Direct narration
127(2)
Classical drama
129(2)
Epic stories
131(1)
Naturalistic storytelling
132(1)
Narrative pace
133(2)
`Deus ex Machina'
135(1)
The modern theatre and the reaction against the story
136(1)
8 What really happens?
137(21)
The subtext
137(4)
Lying
141(1)
Irony
142(2)
Dramatic irony
144(1)
Whodunnit?
144(2)
Violence
146(3)
Sex
149(7)
Change
156(2)
9 How does it work in the theatre?
158(21)
The willing suspension of disbelief
158(2)
Original theatrical conditions
160(2)
Stage directions
162(3)
Setting
165(2)
Spoken locations
167(2)
Act and Scene Numbers
169(2)
The clashes of voices
171(2)
Scenic Rhythm
173(6)
10 What does it mean?
179(18)
Conflict
179(3)
Counterpointing
182(1)
Alien ideologies
183(2)
Philosophical insights
185(1)
Emblems and symbols
186(3)
Contemporary relevance
189(2)
Changing relevance
191(2)
Universal meaning?
193(2)
The limits of theatrical interpretation
195(2)
11 Is it any good?
197(11)
Is it dramatic?
197(1)
Is it theatrical?
198(1)
Does it provide a truthful image of life?
199(2)
Does it succeed on its own terms?
201(2)
Does it say anything useful about the world?
203(1)
What does it say about the past?
204(1)
Is it enjoyable?
205(1)
How does it leave us feeling?
206(2)
12 What's next?
208(13)
The role of the classics
208(1)
A moratorium on Shakespeare?
208(1)
The dominance of Europe and the United States
209(1)
The challenge of modernity
210(1)
New forms for a new world?
210(2)
Verbatim theatre
212(1)
Devised plays
213(1)
Performance art
214(1)
Discovering new playwrights and new voices
214(1)
Dramaturgs and workshops
215(2)
The dramatist under threat?
217(4)
Appendix: 250 playwrights 221
STEPHEN UNWIN is a theatre director and producer. Founder of the English Touring Theatre, which has taken more than 40 productions to theatres across the UK, Stephen is also the Artistic Director of the Rose Theatre, Kingston.