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 |