Exploring Character Through Structural Metaphor A Guide For Actors And Directors | Theatre And Performance

Exploring Character Through Structural Metaphor will help performers discover new and valuable insights into the characters they play. Grounded in a contemporary approach to understanding and applying the power of metaphor it offers a practical guide for both actors and directors. This book introduces the idea of metaphor as a way of thinking rather than simply as clever comparison or figurative language. It demonstrates limitations of ways metaphor has traditionally been used in character development and presents a method for applying structural metaphor to discover rich in-depth character insights. For directors the model can serve as an option for guiding character analysis that is less individualistic and actor-specific and more wholistic and cast-inclusive promoting stronger overall performance unity and production cohesion. In addition to offering a clear followable guide for character analysis the authors draw on personal experience to vividly demonstrate how applying this method for character analysis could impact performance and production. This book will be a useful addition to an actor’s or director’s set of character development resources. |Exploring Character Through Structural Metaphor A Guide for Actors and Directors | Theatre and Performance