21M.710 | Fall 2005 | Undergraduate

Script Analysis

Course Description

This class focuses on reading a script theatrically with a view to mounting a coherent production. Through careful, intensive reading of a variety of plays from different periods and different aesthetics, a pattern emerges for discerning what options exist for interpretating a script. Students discuss the consequences …
This class focuses on reading a script theatrically with a view to mounting a coherent production. Through careful, intensive reading of a variety of plays from different periods and different aesthetics, a pattern emerges for discerning what options exist for interpretating a script. Students discuss the consequences of those options for production.
Learning Resource Types
Written Assignments with Examples
Presentation Assignments
Photograph of a page from a theatrical script.
A page from the script of “When Harry Met Sally.” (Image courtesy of mmmazzoni on Flickr.)