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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819574003321

Autore

Mudford Peter

Titolo

Making theatre : from text to performance / / Peter Mudford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New Brunswick, NJ, : Athlone Press, 2000

ISBN

9786611783556

1-281-78355-2

0-567-32323-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

792/.023

Soggetti

Drama - Explication

Theater - Production and direction

Music in the theater

Musicals

Opera

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations and References in Text; Foreword: A Personal Note; 1 The Stage and Performance; 2 Words; 3 Vision; 4 Music; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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