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The Active Text: Unlocking Plays Through Physical Theatre
Dymphna Callery
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Description for The Active Text: Unlocking Plays Through Physical Theatre
Paperback. Dymphna Callery, author of Through the Body: A practical guide to physical theatre, shows how exercises and rehearsal techniques associated with physical and devised theatre can be applied to scripted plays. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
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Many theatre practitioners think of physical theatre as one thing and text-based theatre as another. In this book, Dymphna Callery, author of Through the Body: A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre, shows how exercises and rehearsal techniques associated with physical and devised theatre can be applied to scripted plays. Working ‘through the body’ enables performers to discover what...
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848421271
SKU
V9781848421271
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Dymphna Callery
Dymphna Callery has performed and taught drama throughout the UK, including Liverpool John Moores University and Wolverhampton University. She is a published playwright and poet.
Reviews for The Active Text: Unlocking Plays Through Physical Theatre
'A wealth of ideas... clear and concise... an inspirational and a welcome resource for drama teachers. ... A final word of warning: reading this book can make you itch to start working on directing a play.'
Drama Magazine
'This book will have you dipping into it time and time again for its no-nonsense practical perspective'
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'This book will have you dipping into it time and time again for its no-nonsense practical perspective'
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