Play Readings

Download or read book Play Readings written by Rob Urbinati and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play Readings: A Complete Guide for Theatre Practitioners demystifies the standards and protocols of a play reading, demonstrating how to create effective and evocative readings for those new to or inexperienced with the genre. It examines all of the essential considerations involved in readings, including the use of the venue, pre-reading preparations, playwright/director communication, editing/adapting stage directions, casting, using the limited rehearsal time effectively, simple "staging" suggestions, working with actors, handling complex stage directions, talkbacks, and limiting the use of props, costumes, and music. A variety of readings are covered, including readings of musicals, operas, and period plays, for comprehensive coverage of this increasingly prevalent production form.

Download or read book Play Readings written by Rob Urbinati and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play Readings: A Complete Guide for Theatre Practitioners demystifies the standards and protocols of a play reading, demonstrating how to create effective and evocative readings for those new to or inexperienced with the genre. It examines all of the essential considerations involved in readings, including the use of the venue, pre-reading preparations, playwright/director communication, editing/adapting stage directions, casting, using the limited rehearsal time effectively, simple "staging" suggestions, working with actors, handling complex stage directions, talkbacks, and limiting the use of props, costumes, and music. A variety of readings are covered, including readings of musicals, operas, and period plays, for comprehensive coverage of this increasingly prevalent production form.

Download or read book Savages written by Patricia Cornelius and published by . This book was released on 2015-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi award-winning playwnght Patricia Cornelius has created a dynamic new Australian play - Savages - which takes a tough look at masculinity ana misogyny amongst a pack of ordinary young men. Premiering at fortyfivedownstairs. Savages is a cautionary tale about a group of men who don't really know themselves or what they can become. Four friends embark on the holiday of a life time - but their excitement is soured by anger, bitterness and the disappointment of their own lives ... as the pack forms, the dark side of mateship takes over. With Savages. Patricia Cornelius frankly confronts the realities and nuances of contemporary life witfi engaging characters and poetic text.

Download or read book Unmasking Theatre Design: A Designer's Guide to Finding Inspiration and Cultivating Creativity written by Lynne Porter and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every great design has its beginnings in a great idea, whether your medium of choice is scenery, costume, lighting, sound, or projections. Unmasking Theatre Design shows you how to cultivate creative thinking skills through every step of theatre design - from the first play reading to the finished design presentation. This book reveals how creative designers think in order to create unique and appropriate works for individual productions, and will teach you how to comprehend the nature of the design task at hand, gather inspiration, generate potential ideas for a new design, and develop a finished look through renderings and models. The exercises presented in this book demystify the design process by providing you with specific actions that will help you get on track toward fully-formed designs. Revealing the inner workings of the design process, both theoretically and practically, Unmasking Theatre Design will jumpstart the creative processes of designers at all levels, from student to professionals, as you construct new production designs.

Download or read book The Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences written by Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Drama written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Drama Magazine ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: