Cutting Plays for Performance: A Practical and Accessible Guide

ISBN-13: 9780367748883 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 148 str.

Toby Malone; Aili Huber

Opis

Cutting Plays for Performance offers a practical guide for cutting a wide variety of classical and modern plays. This essential text offers insight into the various reasons for cutting, methods to serve different purposes (time, audience, story), and suggests ways of communicating cuts to a production team.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1: The Text is a Lie: Textual History and Why It Matters; Chapter 2: Start Here: The Three Questions; Chapter 3: The Cutter’s Toolkit Part One: Materials; Chapter 4: The Cutter’s Toolkit Part Two: Strategies and Considerations; Chapter 5: Cut to the Quick: Character-Specific Cuts; Chapter 6: Don’t Cut That!: The Mechanics of Cuts; Chapter 7: Cut to the Moment: Production-Specific Cuts; Chapter 8: Scissors, Paste, and Negotiations: Communicating Cuts; Appendix 1: Legal Concerns; Appendix 2: Cut Activities; Appendix 3: Further Reading