SCRIPT ANALYSIS

The 6 Points  Plot  Character  Thought  Dialogue  Music  spectacle  Plot  Character  Thought  Dialogue  Music  spectacle

PLOT  The structure of the play  Made up of the basic aspects  Exposition  Discovery  Reversal  Point of attack  Foreshadowing  Complication  Climax  Crisis  denouement  The structure of the play  Made up of the basic aspects  Exposition  Discovery  Reversal  Point of attack  Foreshadowing  Complication  Climax  Crisis  denouement

PLOT ON THE SIDE  Exposition-background  Discovery-recognition  Reversal-flaw causing reversal  Inciting incident-starts plot rolling  Foreshadowing-prepare action to follow  Complications-force that affects direction of the action  Climax-maximum disturbance of the equilibrium  Crisis-moments of decision  Denouement-final resolution of the plot  Exposition-background  Discovery-recognition  Reversal-flaw causing reversal  Inciting incident-starts plot rolling  Foreshadowing-prepare action to follow  Complications-force that affects direction of the action  Climax-maximum disturbance of the equilibrium  Crisis-moments of decision  Denouement-final resolution of the plot

CHARACTER  The “agents” of action, or those involved in the play  Defined by words and actions  Brought to life by the performers  The “agents” of action, or those involved in the play  Defined by words and actions  Brought to life by the performers

THOUGHT  The argument, theme, or root idea  Significance of the dialogue and action  The argument, theme, or root idea  Significance of the dialogue and action

DIALOGUE  The language of the play  The dialogue must be speak-able and understandable  Tragedy and high comedy stress the verse and dialogue  Antigone:  The language of the play  The dialogue must be speak-able and understandable  Tragedy and high comedy stress the verse and dialogue  Antigone:

MUSIC  All auditory aspects of the play-everything that is heard  Greek and oriental drama it is very important, other forms nearly incidental  All auditory aspects of the play-everything that is heard  Greek and oriental drama it is very important, other forms nearly incidental

SPECTACLE  Visual element of the production-everything that is seen  Important in live theatre-most plays now are written to be seen  Musical&tctx=0%2C0%2C8202feb d8-b438-eab604916e8d Musical&tctx=0%2C0%2C8202feb d8-b438-eab604916e8d  Visual element of the production-everything that is seen  Important in live theatre-most plays now are written to be seen  Musical&tctx=0%2C0%2C8202feb d8-b438-eab604916e8d Musical&tctx=0%2C0%2C8202feb d8-b438-eab604916e8d

“You have 2 kinds of shows on Broadway - revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion Kin a year in advance, and essentially a family comes as if to a picnic, and they pass on to their children the idea that that’s what the theatre is - a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theatre at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar. We live in a recycled culture…. I don’t think the theatre will die per se, but it’s never going to be what it was. You can’t bring it back. It’s gone. It’s a tourist attraction.” -Stephen Sondheim “You have 2 kinds of shows on Broadway - revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion Kin a year in advance, and essentially a family comes as if to a picnic, and they pass on to their children the idea that that’s what the theatre is - a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theatre at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar. We live in a recycled culture…. I don’t think the theatre will die per se, but it’s never going to be what it was. You can’t bring it back. It’s gone. It’s a tourist attraction.” -Stephen Sondheim

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