Activated Script Analysis: An Integrative Approach to Play Analysis through Creative Expression and Devised Theatre

✍ Scribed by Elizabeth Brendel Horn

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 234
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Activated Script Analysis engages theatre students in traditional formative script analysis through a fusion of devised theatre and various modes of creative expression, dispelling the notion of script analysis as an isolated pen-to-paper task and reimagining it as a captivating and collaborative process.

This book uses diverse, contemporary plays to model the script analysis process for each of four Theatrical Elements: Given Circumstances; Character; Setting; and Structure. By considering each of these elements, readers can uncover patterns and themes within a dramatic text. Woven throughout the study of each theatrical element are "Connections": Personal Connections, which encourage readers to explore a theatrical element within their own lives, as though their lives were a script; Play Connections, which make abstract ideas presented in script analysis concrete through theatre-based play; Professional Connections, which examine how a theatre professional might analyze a script within their own work; and Performative Connections, which provide the opportunity for students to explore a theatrical element through performance using devised theatre strategies. At the end of each chapter, readers are given the opportunity to analyze a text through the lens of a Theatrical Element and to express their findings through a variety of digital, written, visual, and performance-based modes of expression.

Activated Script Analysis is designed for undergraduate theatre students and educators, to be used as t

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Defining Script Analysis
2 Given Circumstances
3 Character
4 Setting
5 Structure
6 Conclusion
Appendix A: Suggested Plays
Appendix B: Defining Script Analysis Interactive Notes
Appendix C: Given Circumstances Template
Appendix D: Given Circumstances Template Example: A Raisin in the Sun
Appendix E: Character Template
Appendix F: Character Template Example: Mary Jane
Appendix G: Setting Template
Appendix H: Setting Template Example: somebody’s children
Appendix I: Structure Template
Appendix J: Structure Template Example: Hype Man
Appendix K: Rubric: Template
Appendix L: Rubric: Written Response or Creative Expression
Appendix M: Rubric: Production Team Final Project
Appendix N: Rubric: Devised Response Final Project
Appendix O: Sample Outline for Devised Response Final Project
Glossary
Index