Inside the mind - Levy, Madeleine

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Résumé :
'The stage does not go inside the mind as easily as novels and music can? (Bond, 1987:128). Several Dramatists and playwrights have tried to explore the mind on stage. This work documents and critically reflects upon the development of the new play Choices, which attempts to do just this. It also comments upon the difficulties that writers face when attempting to dramatize internal thought processes. Drawing on the methods of writers such as Bond, Shaffer, Penhall and Kane in resolving these difficulties. Particular attention was paid to formatting, signposting the difference between subjective versus objective reality, repetition of imagery and motifs, distortion of character's lines and staging. These components come together to provide both a descriptive and instructive narrative on the creation of abstract theatre regarding the contents of the human mind.

Biographie:
Madeleine Levy was born in Birmingham in 1990. She first studied a Drama and English literature BA at Queen Mary University of London. In 2011 she read for a playwriting studies Mphil(B)degree,completed in 2013. This study explores how theatre can show the inside of the mind and the challenges involved in creating such an ambitious piece.

Sommaire:
'The stage does not go inside the mind as easily as novels and music can' (Bond, 1987:128). Several Dramatists and playwrights have tried to explore the mind on stage. This work documents and critically reflects upon the development of the new play Choices, which attempts to do just this. It also comments upon the difficulties that writers face when attempting to dramatize internal thought processes. Drawing on the methods of writers such as Bond, Shaffer, Penhall and Kane in resolving these difficulties. Particular attention was paid to formatting, signposting the difference between subjective versus objective reality, repetition of imagery and motifs, distortion of character's lines and staging. These components come together to provide both a descriptive and instructive narrative on the creation of abstract theatre regarding the contents of the human mind....