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Directing Plays
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Directing Plays
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19 Questions

1. Everyday reality is irrelevant to understanding a play as an artistic experience.

2. Seeking only to determine what the playwright meant.

3. The most important event that happened in the background story

4. Refers to where the inciting event occurs in relation to the entirety of the play

5. Seeking only to imitate rather than illuminate.

6. Trusting too much in the opinions of others.

7. The event that disrupts forever the normal lives of the characters in the play.

8. Lacking empathy. Not understanding the real human cost explored in the play.

9. Worrying more about the origins of a play - its place in history - or the world of the playwright than what the play says about itself.

10. The most dramatic and memorable moments of the play

11. Aspects of the play that modify its climaxes

12. The opposition the characters face as they try to reach their goals and objectives

13. Seeing the play as only a reflection of the life of the author

14. Focusing on what the play reminds you of rather than what the play says

15. The events that follow the main climax of the play

16. Using the same explanation for everything.

17. Envisioning the play only as it has been done before.

18. All points of view are equally valid. Opinion trumps diligent study and practice.

19. Referring to whether or not a play utilizes recognitions and reversals