CHAPTER 2Understanding the Play: Script Analysis
UNDERSTANDING THE PLAY
What is this play about? This is the first and perhaps most important question the director can ask. While the process of script analysis is often considered the least exciting by many beginning directors, it is, nonetheless, crucial to the ultimate success of the production and is an important part of the director’s process. Young directors, especially student directors, often believe script analyses are exercises for the sake of course instruction and assessment rather than actual tools used by theatre professionals. They could not be more mistaken. In reality, all good theatre professionals complete detailed analyses prior to undertaking any role in the theatre. ...
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