Drama Worlds

Drama Worlds
Author: Cecily O'Neill
Publisher: Drama
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1995
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Drama Worlds examines the complex improvised event called process drama and identifies it as an essential part of today's theatre. Cecily O'Neill considers process drama's sources and its connections with more familiar kinds of improvisation: the texts it generates, the kinds of roles available, its relation to its audience and dramatic time, and the leader's function in the event. She provides examples of several process dramas and identifies dramatic strategies and characteristics. The explicit associations between theatre form and process drama make O'Neill's approach accessible and its purposes and possibilities easy to understand, particularly to those working in actor training and theatre. Teachers and directors alike will discover effective ways of initiating and maintaining the drama world, achieving a significant dramatic experience for all participants.

The Process of Drama

The Process of Drama
Author: John O'Toole
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1134891008

An original and invaluable model of the elements of drama in context. O'Toole demonstrates how dramatic meaning emerges, shaped by its multiple contexts, and illuminates the importance of all participants to the dramatic process.

Semiotics of the Drama and the Style of Eugene O'Neill

Semiotics of the Drama and the Style of Eugene O'Neill
Author: Mark Kobernick
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 175
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9027278466

A semiotic analysis is made of the six major plays by Eugene O'Neill and an attempt is made to yield a systematic analysis towards humanistic interpretations of texts. Theoretical interpretations are enriched with discussions of the plays. Technical matters such as the segmentation of the text are specified in appendices. Six semiotic dimensions have been studied: motifs, theatrical semiotic systems, their use in communicational functions, role function of the dramatis personae, their levels of awareness, and aristotelian divisions.

The Shadow Self in Film

The Shadow Self in Film
Author: Gershon Reiter
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2014-01-23
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476612471

This book examines 13 movies that deal with the protagonist and his projected "other." The cinematic Other is interpreted as an unconscious personality, a denied part of the protagonist that appears in his life as a shadowy menace who won't go away. Devoting a chapter to each movie, the book starts with Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and three cinematic pairs: two Hitchcock films, Shadow of a Doubt and Strangers on a Train; two versions of Cape Fear, J. Lee Thompson's 1962 original and Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake; and a pair of Clint Eastwood films, In the Line of Fire and Blood Work. The book then examines Something Wild, Sea of Love, Fight Club, Desperately Seeking Susan, Apocalypse Now and The Lives of Others. Overall the book aims to show how movies envision the unconscious Other we all too often project on other people.

Life...And the Drama It Brings

Life...And the Drama It Brings
Author: Tamika Davis
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2007-07-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1467821292

LIFE..AND THE DRAMA IT BRINGS IS A FICTIONAL NOVEL THAT HAS LESSONS, LAUGHS, LOVE, DISAPPOINTMENTS, FAITH, HOPE AND REVELATION. THIS BOOK TOUCHES ON LOYALTY IN FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS. IT EXPLORES WHAT ONE MIGHT DO IN A SITUATION WHERE TELLING A FRIEND THE TRUTH JUST MAY END THE FRIENDSHIP. TO TELL OR NOT TO TELL, THAT IS THE QUESTION? THIS BOOK HAS UNEXPECTED TWISTS AND TURNS THAT TAKES YOU ON ARIVETING RIDE. THE LESSON IN THIS NOVEL IS FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT WHILE YOU'RE SITTING BACK ACCUSING SOMEONE ELSE OFBEING A FOOL FOR LOVE; YOU MUST LEARN TO NEVER SAY WHAT YOU WOULDN'T DO FOR THE ONE YOU LOVE BECAUSE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW! IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN A SIMILAR SITUATION YOURSELF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD OR WOULDN'T PUT UP WITH FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE. YOU THINK YOU KNOW BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA! EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL SOMETIMES AND IF YOU THINK YOU ARE EXEMPT, THINK AGAIN!