Making theatre [[electronic resource] ] : from text to performance / / Peter Mudford

• Autore: Mudford Peter
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New Brunswick, NJ, : Athlone Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 792/.023
• Soggetto topico: Drama - Explication; Theater - Production and direction; Music in the theater; Musicals; Opera
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Making theatre
• ISBN: 9786611783556; 1-281-78355-2; 0-567-32323-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782262303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II