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The art of play production

Title
The art of play production / by John Dolman, Jr.
Author
Dolman, John, 1888-1952
Publication
  • New York : Harper, [1928]
  • ©1928

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Description
xv, 466 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
Series Statement
Plays and playwrights series
Uniform Title
Plays and playwrights series
Subject
  • Theater > Production and direction
  • Amateur plays
  • Amateur theater
  • Theater
  • Acting
  • theater (discipline)
  • acting
  • Amateur theater
  • Amateur plays
  • Theater > Production and direction
  • Bühnentechnik
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-456) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The imitative impulse -- Artistic detachment in the theatre -- Play production as design -- Preparation of the play -- Planning the action -- Stage movement -- Stage business -- Control of attention -- Choosing the cast -- The director as teacher -- Rehearsal: blocking out -- Rehearsal: polishing -- Theories of acting -- Voice and diction -- Organization back stage -- The genesis of scenic art -- Modern tendencies in scenic art -- Amateur stagecraft.
ISBN
  • 0060416823
  • 9780060416829
LCCN
28025878
OCLC
  • ocm00688976
  • 688976
  • SCSB-179569
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library