October 2013
Intermediate to advanced
406 pages
12h 39m
English
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Idea
The word idea comes from a Greek source, meaning the inner form of a thing as opposed to its physical reality. From this root comes the current meaning of a thought or a mental image. Idea is also related to the word ideal, meaning a model or an original pattern. To some extent, idea has been discussed already in connection with given circumstances, background story, plot, and character, and of course in Action Analysis. Earlier chapters treated the contribution that each of these features made to idea, however, not necessarily the element itself. This chapter will concentrate on idea as one of the basic elements of drama.
Many people think of idea in drama in connection with idea plays, sometimes called problem plays, thesis plays, ...