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Table of ContentsPart One: the Nature of TheatreChapter 1. The Impulse to Perform
Personal Performance
Community Performance
Professional Performance: Four Stories
Chapter 2. Theatre and Society
The Power of Theatre
Theatre and Religious Festivals
The Professional Theatre
Theatre as a Mirror of Society
Part Two: The Nature of Performance: the Theatre Practitioners
Chapter 3. The Playwright's Vision
Looking at Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson
Exploring the Text of Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Plot and Characters: A Meeting of Two Worlds
Historical and Cultural Contexts of the Play
The Playwright's Sources
The Complete Text of Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Producing Joe Turner's Come and GoneChapter 4. The Art of the Actor
The Presence of the Actor
The Actor's Craft
The Work of the Actor
Approaches to Acting
The Performance
Theatre and Film
Becoming an Actor
Chapter 5. The Director
The History of the Director
Approaches to Directing
The Director at Work
Working with the Actors
Staging the Play
Preparing the Play for Performance
The Director's Training
Chapter 6. The Designers
Stagecraft and the Theatre
The Theatrical Space
Meetings and Interactions
The History of Scene Design
Scene Design Today
Costume Design
Lighting Design
The Growing Prominence of Sound Design
Chapter 7. The Musical Theatre: Composers, Lyricists and Choreographers
Origins of Musical Theatre in America
The Broadway Theatre
New Directions for the Musical Theatre
Part Three: The Nature of Style: Realism and Theatricalism
Chapter 8. Understanding Style: Realism
Introduction to Realism
Origins of Realism
Chapter 9. Expressing a World View Through Realism
Looking at And the Soul Shall Dance by Wakako Yamauchi
Exploring the Text of And the Soul Shall Dance
Plot and Characters
Personal, Historical, and Cultural Contexts of the Play
Evoking a World through Detail
The Complete Text of And the Soul Shall Dance
Producing And the Soul Shall Dance
Staging the Play
Contrasting Productions: East West Players and Northwest Asian American Theatre
Chapter 10. Understanding Style: Theatricalism
Exposing the Mechanics of the Theatre
Expressionism
Epic Theatre: Bertolt Brecht
Theatre of the Absurd
A Revolution in Movement: Martha Graham
Total Theatre: Robert Wilson
Chapter 11. Expressing a Worldview Through Theatricalism
Looking at Angels in America: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner
Exploring the Text of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Plot and Characters
A World in Spiritual Collapse
Influences on Kushner as Playwright: Bertolt Brecht and Caryl Churchill
Historical and Cultural Contexts of the Play
The Playwright's Sources
The Historical Framework of Angels in America
The Complete Text of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Producing Angels in America
The Eureka Theatre and the Playwright
Expanding Opportunities for the Development of New Plays
Part Four: The Nature of Drama Structure and Genre
Chapter 12. The Elements of Drama and Dramatic Structure
Fundamental Elements of Structure
The Organization of the Drama in Space and Time
Chapter 13. Genre
Introduction to Genre
Tragedy and Comedy
Melodrama
Tragicomedy
Farce
Chapter 14. Choosing a Genre: Comedy
Looking at Dog Lady by Milcha Sanchez-Scott
Exploring the Text of Dog Lady
Plot and Characters
The Playwright's Sources: An Intersection of Cultures
Characteristics of the Play
The Complete Text of Dog Lady
Producing Dog Lady
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Set Design and Ming Cho Lee
Staging and Acting
Using Comedy to Shift the World View
Chapter 15. The Project
Looking at Buried Child by Sam Shepard
Preparing a Production
Buried Child and Alternative Play Choices
Working on the Project
Project Assignments
Conclusion
The Complete Text of Buried Child
Two Reviews of Buried Child
Glossary / Credits / Index
At end of each chapter: Summary · Topics for Discussion and Writing · Suggestions for Further Reading |
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