COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Understanding the Mad King Within: Using the Stanislavski System and Uta Hagen Method Reimagined
Creator:
Gates, Emily Frances
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Performing Arts
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Performing Arts
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"This thesis project proposes techniques used to help create new original performances such as: devising, improvisation, active analysis, and play writing can help the actor understand the nuances of playing a character that lives within a secondary character by breaking down the original script using the techniques of Stanislavski and Uta Hagen to establish the character's imagined circumstances. In the production of 'MAC BETH' adapted by Erica Schmidt the dialogue used is the original text written by William Shakespeare, but the concept has a modern twist. Instead of taking place in the Kingdoms of Scotland it is a group of school girls who meet up to play in an abandoned junkyard. These techniques were utilized to understand the famous role of Macbeth, but also the young girl who takes on this character while asking the question: what do these two have in common?" --Abstract
Keywords: improvisation, devising, Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, active analysis, original play, ensemble, dramatic writing, Shakespeare, character work, and imagined circumstances
Keywords: improvisation, devising, Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, active analysis, original play, ensemble, dramatic writing, Shakespeare, character work, and imagined circumstances
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2024-05
Format:
1 online resource: 1 PDF (Thesis, 53 pages, color illustrations)