{"product_id":"cutting-plays-for-performance-a-practical-and-accessible-guide-paperback","title":"Cutting Plays for Performance: A Practical and Accessible Guide - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eToby Malone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAili Huber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCutting Plays for Performance\u003c\/em\u003e offers a practical guide for cutting a wide variety of classical and modern plays. This essential text offers insight into the various reasons for cutting, methods to serve different purposes (time, audience, story), and suggests ways of communicating cuts to a production team. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with every aspect of the editing process, it covers structural issues, such as plot beats, rhetorical concepts, and legal considerations, why and when to cut, how to cut with a particular goal in mind such as time constraints, audience and storytelling, and ways of communicating cuts to a production team. A set of practical worksheets to assist with the planning and execution of cuts, as well as step-by-step examples of the process from beginning to end in particular plays help to round out the full range of skills and techniques that are required when approaching this key theatre-making task. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the first systematic guide for those who need to cut play texts. Directors, dramaturgs, and teachers at every level from students to seasoned professionals will find this an indispensable tool throughout their careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToby Malone\u003c\/strong\u003e holds a PhD in Shakespearean textual analysis from the University of Toronto and is Assistant Professor of Dramaturgy at the State University of New York at Oswego. Select favorite cuts include \u003ci\u003eThe Comedy of Errors \u003c\/i\u003e(Canadian Stage Company, Toronto), \u003ci\u003eRomeo + Juliet \u003c\/i\u003e(Driftwood Theatre, Toronto), \u003ci\u003eHamlet (Variorum)\u003c\/i\u003e (Poorboy Theatre, Glasgow and Toronto), \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream \u003c\/i\u003e(Soulpepper, Toronto), \u003ci\u003e #R3 \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Waterloo), and \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e (Stratford Festival, Canada). He is a founding partner in subTEXT Dramaturgy Solutions and the Entertainment Engineering Collective, and is an active member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and the Dramatists Guild of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAili Huber holds an MFA in directing from Mary Baldwin University and the American Shakespeare Center. She has been directing for over 20 years. Favorite credits include \u003ci\u003eSperm Donor Wanted\u003c\/i\u003e with Slow Your Role Theater Co., \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Duchess of Malfi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRichard III\u003c\/i\u003e with Pigeon Creek Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e at Bridgewater College, \u003ci\u003eNoye's Fludde\u003c\/i\u003e at Eastern Mennonite High School, and \u003ci\u003eJB\u003c\/i\u003e at Eastern Mennonite University. She is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and the Shakespeare Theater Association, and a Tier 3 member of Directors Gathering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728084766783,"sku":"9780367748883","price":95.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/01435381289b6a7ec506d97ea71c8f01.webp?v=1765117202","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/cutting-plays-for-performance-a-practical-and-accessible-guide-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}