Developing a Directorial Vision For a Production of Jim Leonard, Jr.'s, the Diviners
Date of Graduation
Spring 1997
Degree
Master of Arts
Department
Theatre and Dance
Committee Chair
Robert Bradley
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to create a meaningful directorial vision for a production of Jim Leonard, Jr.'s play, The Diviners, by using Louis E. Catron's system for play analysis as outlined in his book, The Director's Vision: Play Direction from Analysis to Production. To achieve this goal, this study will entail : an analysis of the playscript from Catron's application of the Aristotelian theories of plot, character, thought, music, and spectacle; a discussion of the directorial vision that was created as a result of interpreting the information obtained from the textual analysis; and an evaluation of the successes and failures that were experienced as a result of the employment of the vision in a production of the play. In the end, this study will demonstrate that the use of a comprehensive system of textual analysis results in the creation of a meaningful directorial vision that leads to an artistically unified production of the play.
Subject Categories
Theatre and Performance Studies
Copyright
© Timothy Scott Casto
Recommended Citation
Casto, Timothy Scott, "Developing a Directorial Vision For a Production of Jim Leonard, Jr.'s, the Diviners" (1997). MSU Graduate Theses/Dissertations. 2482.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/2482
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