Dramatica in Theatre & Small Cast pieces.
Posted: Feb 05, 2011 10:16 pm
So I'm into about page 60 or so of my Dramatica Theory book. I really wish they taught Brick and Mortar classes on this stuff, with grades, papers and such. Some of this stuff is a bit intuitive but quite a bit of it gets into things that really stretch the brain. Maybe it's because it's explicitly codifying what writers up until now did semi-subconsciously? Who knows?
But in most plays, 8 (the amount of the archetypes) or more characters would be a large cast. Most people write smaller casts. So for a two person cast, I guess there would be the Protagonist and antagonist.
What do I do with all those other roles. I did read the part that cautioned against assinging multiple roles at the same time (even the actor in a one woman show plays many characters). But I'm not sure what to do, exactly?
Most of my works would be 10-20 pages long, for 2-3 people. So I'm not sure how to exactly bringing out the Complete Story Mind or Argument in these scripts.
I look forward to the replies.
But in most plays, 8 (the amount of the archetypes) or more characters would be a large cast. Most people write smaller casts. So for a two person cast, I guess there would be the Protagonist and antagonist.
What do I do with all those other roles. I did read the part that cautioned against assinging multiple roles at the same time (even the actor in a one woman show plays many characters). But I'm not sure what to do, exactly?
Most of my works would be 10-20 pages long, for 2-3 people. So I'm not sure how to exactly bringing out the Complete Story Mind or Argument in these scripts.
I look forward to the replies.