Many theatre practitioners think of physical theatre as one thing and
text-based theatre as another. In this book, Dymphna Callery, author
of Through the Body: A practical guide to physical theatre, shows how
exercises and rehearsal techniques associated with physical and
devised theatre can be applied to scripted plays. Working 'through the
body' enables performers to discover what really makes a play work.
Drawing on key practitioners, including Jacques Lecoq, Joan
Littlewood, Peter Brook and Simon McBurney, The Active Text offers a
complete approach to working with a scripted play, leading the reader
through a process of active exploration and experimentation that
includes: Uncovering a play's internal dynamics Using improvisation
and theatre games Exploiting the languages of the body Getting inside
the words that are spoken (as well as those that aren't!) Discovering
image structures Understanding the impact on the audience Throughout
the book, the author draws on a core selection of well-known texts
(from Sophocles and Shakespeare to Brecht, Arthur Miller, Steven
Berkoff and Sarah Kane), showing how an active approach to text can
challenge assumptions about even the most familiar of plays. Packed
with theatre games, improvisation exercises and rehearsal techniques,
The Active Text is an inspirational guide for performers, directors,
students and teachers. It will revitalise work in the rehearsal room,
workshop or classroom - anywhere that dramatic text needs to be
brought to life.
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ISBN
9781780015583
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Nick Hern Books (FF)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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