Basic Drama Projects

by Tanner, Fran Averett

• ISBN13: 9780931054525
• ISBN10: 0931054524
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Perfection Learning

Table of Contents

Preface to the Seventh Edition	xv
UNIT I - AN INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE
Exploring Theatre History	1	(44)
Attending a Play	45	(6)
Evaluating a Play	51	(10)
Working in the Theatre	61	(8)
Finding Your Place in the Spotlight	69	(12)
UNIT II - INNER RESOURES
Loosening up	81	(6)
Emphasizing Believable Action	87	(6)
Developing Observation	93	(8)
Developing Concentration	101	(8)
Strengthening Sense Recall	109	(10)
Strengthening Imagination	119	(8)
Developing Emotional Response	127	(14)
UNIT III - MOVEMENT
Following Stage Directions	141	(10)
Practicing Basic Movement	151	(12)
Utilizing Motivation	163	(8)
Handling Special Movement Problems	171	(14)
UNIT IV - VOICE
Improving Voice	185	(12)
Reading Orally	197	(8)
Retelling Stories	205	(8)
Interpreting the Character's Lines	213	(8)
Memorizing	221	(8)
UNIT V - CHARACTERIZATION
Analyzing a Character	229	(10)
Developing a Character in a Play	239	(10)
Playing Humorous Scenes	249	(8)
Playing Serious Scenes	257	(12)
UNIT VI - PRODUCTION
Doing Straight Makeup	269	(12)
Doing Character Makeup	281	(12)
Dressing in Character	293	(12)
Assuming the Director's Duties	305	(18)
Designing and Creating the Set	323	(20)
Lighting the Stage	343	(16)
Acting in the Round and Thrust	359	(18)
Writing a Play	377	(12)
Producing a Play	389	(106)
UNIT VII - MONOLOGUES & SCENES
Monologues for Women
Romeo and Juliet	412	(1)
William Shakespeare
Saint Joan	413	(1)
Bernard Shaw
The Madwoman of Chaillot	414	(1)
Jean Giraudoux
Fences	414	(2)
August Wilson
Monologues for Men
Julius Caesar	416	(1)
William Shakespeare
As You Like It	417	(1)
William Shakespeare
Hamlet	418	(1)
William Shakespeare
Cyrano de Bergerac	419	(1)
Edmond Rostand
The Devil and Daniel Webster	420	(1)
Stephen Vincent Benet
Death of a Salesman	421	(2)
Arthur Miller
Scenes for One Man and One Woman
The Imaginary Invalid	423	(3)
Moliere
The School for Scandal	426	(3)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
A Marriage Proposal	429	(3)
Anton Chekhov
A Doll's House	432	(3)
Henrik Ibsen
Michael Meyer
Pygmalion	435	(4)
Bernard Shaw
Blood Wedding	439	(4)
Frederico Garcia Lorca
Scenes for Two Men
The Importance of Being Earnest	443	(3)
Oscar Wilde
Box and Cox	446	(3)
John Madison Morton
Everyman	449	(3)
Anonymous
The Inspector General	452	(3)
Nikolai Gogol
You Can't Take It With You	455	(1)
Moss Hart
George Kaufman
Fences	456	(4)
August Wilson
Scenes for Two Women
Romeo and Juliet	460	(2)
William Shakespeare
Othello	462	(4)
William Shakespeare
The Importance of Being Earnest	466	(3)
Oscar Wilde
The Glass Menagerie	469	(4)
Tennessee Williams
The Miracle Worker	473	(2)
William Gibson
A Shayna Maidel	475	(4)
Barbara Lebow
Scenes for Mixed Groups
Macbeth	479	(2)
William Shakespeare
Blithe Spirit	481	(5)
Noel Coward
The Dining Room	486	(4)
A.R. Gurney, Jr
A Star Ain't Nothin' But a Hole in Heaven	490	(5)
Judi Ann Mason
Glossary of Terms	495	(6)
Acknowledgements	501	(4)
Index	505