Page to Stage
Title | Page to Stage PDF eBook |
Author | Vincent Murphy |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Pages | 205 |
Release | 2013-01-10 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0472051873 |
At last, for those who adapt literature into scripts, a how-to book that illuminates the process of creating a stageworthy play. Page to Stage describes the essential steps for constructing adaptations for any theatrical venue, from the college classroom to a professionally produced production. Acclaimed director Vincent Murphy offers students in theater, literary studies, and creative writing a clear and easy-to-use guidebook on adaptation. Its step-by-step process will be valuable to professional theater artists as well, and for script writers in any medium. Murphy defines six essential building blocks and strategies for a successful adaptation, including theme, dialogue, character, imagery, storyline, and action. Exercises at the end of each chapter lead readers through the transformation process, from choosing their material to creating their own adaptations. The book provides case studies of successful adaptations, including The Grapes of Wrath (adaptation by Frank Galati) and the author's own adaptations of stories by Samuel Beckett and John Barth. Also included is practical information on building collaborative relationships, acquiring rights, and getting your adaptation produced.
From Page to Stage
Title | From Page to Stage PDF eBook |
Author | Betsy Graziani Fasbinder |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2018-08-07 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 163152464X |
In this accessible, straightforward book, seasoned author Betsy Graziani Fasbinder offers readers the why, what, and how of public speaking, along with exercises and resources to support ongoing learning. She provides inspiration and encouragement to help writers to overcome their fears of public speaking, but she doesn’t stop there; she also lays out the practical, nuts-and-bolts tools they need to select, deselect, and arrange the content of what to say when they’re on a podium, in an interview, or in casual conversations about their writing, and includes a model for handling challenging questions from interviewers and audience members with confidence and grace. Part practical how-to—full of usable tools and tips—and part author cheerleader and champion, From Page to Stage is the ultimate resource for writers who wish bring their storytelling skills to their speaking opportunities.
From Page to Stage
Title | From Page to Stage PDF eBook |
Author | Rosemary Ingham |
Publisher | Heinemann Drama |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
What steps are involved in making the jump from a script's text to an engaging imaginative stage? From Page to Stage explores the relationships between text analysis, imagination, and creation.
Making Shakespeare
Title | Making Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Tiffany Stern |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 203 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 041531965X |
This volume offers a lively introduction to the major issues of the stage and print history of the plays, and discusses what a Shakespeare play actually is.
Shakespeare, from Page to Stage
Title | Shakespeare, from Page to Stage PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | Pearson |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780130207548 |
This collection of twelve Shakespearean plays seeks to bring Shakespeare alive through a combination of innovative approaches that treat the plays as "scripts intended for performance" rather than as dull, dry, lifeless historical documents. This is the only book on the market that combines literary and theatrical techniques in a way that engages readers' interest and helps present the characters, situations, and language of the plays in a personal, visceral, and exciting fashion.The twelve popular and frequently performed plays included are A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV Part I, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and The Tempest.For anyone interested in Shakespeare and his most popular and oft-performed plays. Teachers and producers/directors of dramatic productions will especially appreciate the attention given to each script's language, imagery, cultural/historical context, and staging possibilities.
Ethnotheatre
Title | Ethnotheatre PDF eBook |
Author | Johnny Saldaña |
Publisher | Left Coast Press |
Pages | 247 |
Release | 2011-10-31 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1611320364 |
One of the best-known practitioners of the ethnotheatre research tradition outlines its key principles and practices in this clear, concise volume, which covers the preparation of a dramatic presentation from the research and writing stages to the elements of stage production.
Page and Stage
Title | Page and Stage PDF eBook |
Author | Stanley Vincent Longman |
Publisher | Addison-Wesley Longman |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Drama |
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Page and Stage narrows the gulf between printed page and performance to make script analysis for production or academic study more effective, efficient, and insightful. This text discusses a method for script analysis based on the idea that plays consist of "organized tension" that involves the audience and organizes their response. It examines the many forms of tension in plays--between actor and character, between the stage and the world of the play, between the present and the past, and between characters--by looking at stage space and time and a wide range of plays from Greek times to the present. Page and Stage addresses the paradox that play scripts are not complete works of dramatic art, and yet contain implicitly, if not explicitly, the intended performance.