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Making theatre : from text to performance / Peter Mudford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mudford, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drama--Explication.
- Drama.
- Theater--Production and direction.
- Theater.
- Music in the theater.
- Musicals.
- Opera.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New Brunswick, NJ : Athlone Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The 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
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations and References in Text; Foreword: A Personal Note; 1 The Stage and Performance; 2 Words; 3 Vision; 4 Music; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611783556
- 9781281783554
- 1281783552
- 9780567323231
- 0567323234
- OCLC:
- 320322901
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