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'Letting it breathe': Writing and performing the words of others.
- Source :
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Studies in Theatre & Performance . 2011, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p181-192. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Since 2004, I have written three plays whose central focus has been the personal narratives of real people. For each play I conducted the interviews that source the plays' content. I wrote the subsequent plays, and in some cases directed and performed in them. This article examines some of the challenges that arose when resituating personal narratives into performance. I examine challenges encountered during writing, rehearsal and performance, especially regarding representation and responsibility (in, for example, the issue of third-party representation). I discuss my method of 'punctuating' the transcribed material dialogue as a kind of free verse in order to try to 'let it breathe' in performance. The aim: to help actors in their delivery of verbatim text. The article draws on a final set of interviews, formal and informal, with the actors themselves - in order further to illuminate my process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14682761
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Studies in Theatre & Performance
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 61008261
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1386/stap.31.2.181_1