TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mudford,Peter
TI  - Making theatre: from text to performance 
SN  - 9780567323231 (e-book)
PY  - 2000///
CY  - London
PB  - Athlone
KW  - Theater
KW  - Production and direction
KW  - Performing Arts
KW  - ukslc
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Also available in printed form ISBN 9780485115512; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - The reality of a play is in its performance. This book focusses on the processes by which performance is realised, analysing three major areas: words, vision and music; The reality of a play is in its performance. "Making Theatre" focuses on the processes by which performance is realized, analyzing three major areas: "Words" and the interpretation of the text; "Vision", including scenery, costume and lighting; and "Music" which illustrates the importance of music in all stage action.;The forms of theatre covered include straight drama, the musical and opera. Taking productions well-known on both sides of the Atlantic, Peter Mudford examines plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Pirandello, Beckett, Pinter, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and David Mamet; musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim; and operas by Verdi, Wagner and Berg. This account of what makes theatre important and how it works will be valuable to teachers and students of drama and performance, as well as all those interested in theatre as an art
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ER  -