How a Play is Produced - Illustrated by Joseph Čapek
Author | : Karel Čapek |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 2014-07-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781473394209 |
ISBN-13 | : 1473394201 |
Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Download or read book How a Play is Produced - Illustrated by Joseph Čapek written by Karel Čapek and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage text contains a comprehensive guide to producing a play, and is intended for dramatists, dramatic critics, and the general public. It explores what transformations a play must go through before it may flourish, and contains a wealth of interesting and invaluable information on the subject. The chapters of this book include: 'The First Beginnings', 'Casting the Play', 'The Production', 'Reading the Play', 'In the Rehearsal Room', 'Further Rehearsals', 'The Play Matures', 'The Dress Rehearsal – I', 'The Dress Rehearsal – II', 'The Mise en Scéne', 'The First Night', 'After the First Night', etcetera. Karel Capek (1890 - 1938) was a famous Czech writer of the early twentieth-century. He worked as a playwright, publisher, literary reviewer, and art critic, but is most remembered for his science fiction writing. We are republishing this antiquarian text in an affordable, modern edition, complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.