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script Analysis For Actors, Directors, And Designers Teaches The Skills Of Script Analysis Using A Formalist Approach That Examines The Written Part Of A Play To Gauge How The Play Should Be Performed And Designed. Treatments Of Both Classic And Unconventional Plays Are Combined With Clear Examples, End-of-chapter Questions, And Stimulating Summaries That Will Allow Actors, Directors And Designers To Immediately Incorporate The Concepts And Processes Into Their Theatre Production Work. now Thoroughly Revised, The Fifth Edition Contains A New Section On Postmodernism A Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table Of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Action Analysis; Thinking Eventfully; Action Analysis And Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; Chapter 2 Given Circumstances; Time; Place; Society; Economics; Politics And Law; Learning And The Arts; Spirituality; The World Of The Play; Given Circumstances In Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; Chapter 3 Background Story; Technique; Identification; Background Story In Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; Chapter 4 External And Internal Action; External Action External And Internal Action In Nonrealistic Playssummary; Questions; Chapter 5 Progressions And Structure; Progressions; Structure; Progressions And Structure In Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; Chapter 6 Character; Objectives; Actions; Adaptations-an Aside; Confiict; Will Power; Values; Personality Traits; Complexity; Relationships; Character In Nonrealistic Plays; The Score Of A Role; Summary; Questions; Chapter 7 Idea; Idea In The Words; Idea In The Characters; Idea In The Plot; The Main Idea; Idea In Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; Postscript On Action Analysis Chapter 8 Dialoguewords; Sentences; Speeches; Literary Qualities; Theatricality; Dialogue In Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; Chapter 9 Tempo, Rhythm, And Mood; Tempo; Rhythm; Mood And Atmosphere; Tempo, Rhythm, And Mood In Nonrealistic Plays; Closing Notes On Nonrealistic Plays; Summary; Questions; Chapter 10 The Style Of The Play; Given Circumstances; Background Story; Plot; Character; Idea; Dialogue; Atmosphere; Summary; Questions; Chapter 11 Postmodern Drama: A Case Study; About Heiner Müller And Hamletmachine; Action Analysis Of Hamletmachine; Formal Elements Of Hamletmachine The Postmodern Viewpoint In Hamletmachinein Search Of The Postmodern Viewpoint; Summary; A Final Word; Appendix A: Further Questions For Script Analysis; Appendix B: Effective Analysis Of The Mise-en-scène; Bibliography; Index James Thomas. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English