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Interpreting the Play Script

Name: Interpreting the Play Script
ISBN: 9780230344259

Contemplation and Analysis

Anne Fliotsos,

133 pages
English
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eBook - PDF

Interpreting the Play Script

Contemplation and Analysis

Anne Fliotsos,

About this book

One type of analysis cannot fit every play, nor does one method of interpretation suit every theatre artist or collaborative team. This is the first text to combine traditional and non-traditional models, giving students a range of tools with which to approach different kinds of performance.

Publisher

Methuen Drama

Year

2011

Print ISBN

9780230290044

eBook ISBN

9780230344259

Edition

Topic

Media & Performing Arts

Subtopic

Theatre

Formalist 

Analysis

49

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a

similar 

structure: 

each 

cat

tells 

his

or

her

story 

through 

song 

and

dance.

Remember 

that 

the

chronological 

order 

of

scenes 

does 

not

automatically 

signal 

a

causal/linear 

plot; 

look 

to

the

connective 

tissue 

between 

scenes. 

Does 

one

scene 

literally 

trigger 

the

next, 

in

a

causal 

relationship? 

For

example 

in

Machinal,

each 

scene 

depicts 

a

young 

woman’s 

journey 

through 

life, 

examining 

crit-

ical 

crossroads: 

her

career, 

her

life 

at

home, 

her

marriage, 

her

motherhood, 

her

affair, 

her

trial, 

and

her

execution. 

The

progres-

sion 

of

scenes 

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chronological, 

but

time 

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ill-defined, 

seemingly 

spanning 

several 

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scene 

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necessarily 

trigger 

the

next 

in

a

tight 

cause-to-effect 

link, 

rather 

the

connective 

tissue 

that 

holds 

the

plot 

together 

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the

theme 

or

idea: 

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II.4 

Episodic 

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This 

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example 

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central 

dominate 

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Circles 

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reflect 

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variation 

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the

episodes.

Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
I Contemplation and Intuitive Response
II Formalist Analysis
III Interpreting the Nonlinear Play
IV Responding to the Script
Index

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