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The Why and What of Play Analysis

TH166 – Theories of Play Production Summer 2010 Lesson #2 – Script Analysis Introduction and Chapter 1 – The First Reading. The Why and What of Play Analysis. Introduction. Why analyze a play?. Analysis – the process of identifying separate elements of the play

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The Why and What of Play Analysis

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  1. TH166 – Theories of Play Production Summer 2010 Lesson #2 – Script Analysis Introduction and Chapter 1 – The First Reading The Why and What of Play Analysis Introduction

  2. Why analyze a play? • Analysis – the process of identifying separate elements of the play • Interpretation – the process of clarifying and communicating our understanding of the identified elements

  3. What is analysis? • From Wikipedia... • the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it. • From Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary... • A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.

  4. What is analysis? • A purposeful, systematic, interpretive reading. • A process of multiple readings, reading each time with specific purposes and asking increasingly complex questions about the text.

  5. Reading at Multiple Levels • A sequence of multiple readings • First Impressions (Chapter 1) • Gathering information • Given Circumstances (Chapter 2) • Theatrical Contract (Chapter 3) • Interpretation • Character (Chapter 4) • Conflict (Chapter 5) • Conflict Analysis Applied to a Scene (Chapter 6) • Supplemental Research (Chapter 7) • Synthesis (Chapter 8)

  6. Aristotle’s Poetics Six Elements of Drama • Plot • Character • Thought (Idea) • Diction (Dialogue) • Music (Song) • Spectacle (Production Values)

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