Play directing / by Allen Crafton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crafton, Allen, 1890-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Prentice-Hall drama series

Prentice Hall drama series: E.C. Mabie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater.

Amateur plays.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix, pages, 2 leaves, 264 pages including, illustrations, plates : frontispiece ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Prentice Hall, Inc., 1938.

Contents:

What Gives an Audience an Individual Character?

Why Does an Audience Go the the Theater?

What Happens to a Theater Audience?

The American Audience

The Dramatist

Types of Plays

Choosing a Type of Play for Production

The Director and His Stage

Studying the Script

A Complete Plan for Production

Planning a Scene from Hamlet

Fundamentals of Form

The Design of the Scene

A Note on Acting Fashions

The Director and His Actors

Tryouts

Methods of Directing Amateurs

Characteristics of the Amateur Actor

Application of the Methods to the Amateur

Working with the Amateur

Organizing the Rehearsal Weeks

The Four-Weeks' Schedule

The Individual Rehearsal Period

The Pace of the Play

The Reading of Dialogue

Tightening and Sharpening Scenes

Other Defects of the Amateur

Central Reality and Spontaneity

Regaining Perspective

Stage Movement

Facial Expression

Gesture

Voice

Characterization

A Final Word on Technique

Visual Resources

Auditory Resources

Line Reading Values

Tone Values

Position Values

Line Values

Color Values.

Rhythm Values

Dress Rehearsal and Performance

Objectives

Some Questions and Answers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Crafton, Allen, b. 1890. Play directing.

OCLC:

1592890