Cutting plays for performance : a practical and accessible guide /

"Cutting Plays for Performance offers a practical guide for cutting a wide variety of classical and modern plays. This essential text offers insight into the various reasons for cutting, methods to serve different purposes (time, audience, story), and suggests ways of communicating cuts to a pr...

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Đã lưu trong:
Chi tiết về thư mục
Những tác giả chính: Malone, Toby (Tác giả), Huber, Aili (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Sách
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor& Francis Group, 2022.
Những chủ đề:
Mục lục:
  • The text is a lie: textual history and why it matters
  • Start here: the three questions
  • The cutter's toolkit part one: materials
  • The cutter's toolkit part two: strategies and considerations
  • Cut to the quick: character-specific cuts
  • Don't cut that! The mechanics of cuts
  • Cut to the moment: production-specific cuts
  • Scissors, paste, and negotiations: communicating cuts
  • Appendix 1: Legal concerns ; Appendix 2: Cut activities ; Appendix 3: Further reading.