Play Production Scene-sketches See page 47 Top and center, by
Victor Jacoby bottom, by Charles Allen Play Production FOR LITTLE
THEATERS, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES BY MILTON SMITH Associate Professor
of Dramatic Arts and Director of Brander Matthews Theater Columbia
University ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM STEINEL APPLETON-CENTURY-CROFTS,
INC. NEW YORK PREFACE This book is a revision and an expansion of a
similar one written many years ago. It is based on the same
principle, that the first and most important approach to the art of
the theater should be one which tries to discover its unity, and
that theater practice involves the combining of many elements to
make an exciting experience for an audience. None of these elements
should be neglected by the practitioner who wishes to understand
the art. In the following pages, therefore, I have tried to
describe these elements and to explain their relationship. While I
hope that it will be possible for inquiring students to find
sensible answers to many practical questions in the following
pages, varying from those involving general process such as how to
conduct rehearsals and how to manage a performance to specific
details such as how to cover or paint a flat, my primary aim has
been to rationalize and relate these processes. This approach is
based on the belief that mere practice of an art does not
necessarily, in and of itself, bring about improvement except,
perhaps, in the rare case of genius and that true progress is
likely to take place only when an intellectual basis for the
criticism of that practice can be established. However, in the
course of more than thirty years of teaching theater, I have
arrived at the melancholy conclusion that it isprobably impossible
to make generalizations that are philosoph ically unassailable, or
to formulate principles of practice that are universally
applicable. I am certain, therefore, that every experienced and
thoughtful practitioner of the art of the theater will disagree
with some of my conclusions and precepts. I hereby reserve the
right to disagree with them myself for in the VI PREFACE attempt to
be brief, clear, and logical, many of them came out dogmatic and
oversimplified. Finally, I wish to express my appreciation and to
extend my thanks to my colleagues and students, not only to those
who will recognize their contributions to the following pages, but
also to the many others who have helped to develop and process my
thinking in this field during the past thirty years. I am grateful
for their earnest and intelligent cooperation, and for what they
have taught me, in many happy hours of labor in the process of
making innumerable plays. M. S. Contents PAGE PREFACE V Part I THE
THEATER AND THE SCRIPT CHAPTER I POINT OF VIEW AND DEFINITIONS The
Theater The Modern Conception of a Play The Play vs...
General
Imprint: |
Read Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2007 |
First published: |
March 2007 |
Authors: |
Milton Smith
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
286 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4067-4531-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
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LSN: |
1-4067-4531-6 |
Barcode: |
9781406745313 |
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