Many theatre practitioners think of physical theatre as one thing
and text-based theatre as another. In this book, Dymphna Callery,
author of Through the Body: A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre,
shows how exercises and rehearsal techniques associated with
physical and devised theatre can be applied to scripted plays.
Working 'through the body' enables performers to discover what
really makes a play work. Drawing on key practitioners, including
Jacques Lecoq, Joan Littlewood, Peter Brook and Simon McBurney, The
Active Text offers a complete approach to working with a scripted
play, leading the reader through a process of active exploration
and experimentation that includes: Uncovering a play's internal
dynamics Using improvisation and theatre games Exploiting the
languages of the body Getting inside the words that are spoken (as
well as those that aren't!) Discovering image structures
Understanding the impact on the audience Throughout the book, the
author draws on a core selection of well-known texts (from
Sophocles and Shakespeare to Brecht, Arthur Miller, Steven Berkoff
and Sarah Kane), showing how an active approach to text can
challenge assumptions about even the most familiar of plays. Packed
with theatre games, improvisation exercises and rehearsal
techniques, The Active Text is an inspirational guide for
performers, directors, students and teachers. It will revitalise
work in the rehearsal room, workshop or classroom - anywhere that
dramatic text needs to be brought to life.
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