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Author Kulick, Brian, author.

Title The elements of theatrical expression / Brian Kulick
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 210 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Questions -- Truth -- Moments -- Change -- World -- Character -- States -- Intentions -- Actions -- Obstacles -- Events -- Cores -- About-ness -- Remanence
Summary The Elements of Theatrical Expression puts forward 14 essential elements that make up the basic building blocks of theatre. Is theatre a language? Does it have its own unique grammar? And if so, just what would the elements of such a grammar be? Brian Kulick asks readers to think of these elements as the rungs of a ladder, scaling one after the other to arrive at an aerial view of the theatrical landscape. From such a vantage point, one can begin to discern a line of development from the ancient Greeks, through Shakespeare and Chekhov, to a host of our own contemporary authors. He demonstrates how these elements may be transhistorical but are far from static, marking out a rich and dynamic theatrical language for a new generation of theatre makers to draw upon. Suitable for directors, actors, writers, dramaturges, and all audiences who yearn for a deeper understanding of theatre, The Elements of Theatrical Expression equips its readers with the knowledge that they need to see and hear theatre in new and more daring ways
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Brian Kulick is Chair of Columbia's School of the Arts Theatre Program, where he also teaches directing with Anne Bogart. In addition to staging the works of the ancient Greeks, Shakespeare, Brecht, and Tony Kushner, he has been the Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company and an Artistic Associate for The Public Theatre
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Subject Theater -- Language
Theater -- Philosophy.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- Direction & Production.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Acting & Auditioning.
Theater -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000708127
1000708128
9780429330247
0429330243
9781000708462
1000708462
9781000708295
1000708292