| The French Play: Exploring Theatre with Students of a Foreign Language Contributor(s): Essif, Les (Author) |
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ISBN: 1552382133 ISBN-13: 9781552382134 Publisher: University of Calgary Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Acting & Auditioning - Performing Arts | Theater - Direction & Production - Performing Arts | Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography |
| Dewey: 792.028 |
| LCCN: 2006497168 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.80 lbs) 270 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The French Play is a step-by-step guide to the challenging process of producing and directing a foreign-language play with English-speaking student actors. Using his own student productions of French-language plays as models, Les Essif leads readers through the process of exploring drama and building a successful play with an eye toward applying re-creative strategies. Essif promotes an array of new strategies for planning, producing, analyzing, and theorizing theatre, covering such essential topics as: exercises to produce a total, corporeal expression of the foreign language; performance semiotics; organization of rehearsal schedules; the collaborative assignment of roles; audience participation; publicity and promotion; taking the play on tour; and the evaluation of student actors. Aimed at university drama students, The French Play is also a must-have for scholars and teachers of performance and dramatic staging, foreign languages, English as a second language, and anyone else who requires a strong theoretical and critical approach to foreign language drama. |
Contributor Bio(s): Essif, Les: - Les Essif is the author of Empty Figure on an Empty Stage: The Theatre of Samuel Beckett and His Generation, and numerous articles on French theatre and theories of drama and performance. He is a former New York City police officer and currently a Professor of French Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. |