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How to Read a Play : Script Analysis for Directors, Hardback Book

How to Read a Play : Script Analysis for Directors Hardback

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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. Based on interviews with award winning directors, university professors, and experimental theatre companies, How to Read a Play provides practical advice on how to first approach a script, prepare for design meetings, get ready for casting sessions, and lay the groundwork for rehearsals with actors.

The book starts with a brief historical overview of famous directors, survey’s the work of experimental theatres that devise their work, and ends with twenty-one practical exercises.

The second edition includes material from interviews with a diverse range of directors and includes perspectives on identity, race, trauma, and joy in working on new plays and redefined classic works. How to Read a Play is written for anyone who loves studying the craft of directing.

Students and early career directors will be introduced to basic techniques for breaking down a script for production.

Established artists will enjoy a behind the scenes peek at the methods and processes of directors with a diverse range of perspectives.

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