Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Getting started -- Reading the play -- Stage directions -- ch. 2 Characters and persons -- Expectations about character -- Three aspects of dramatic character -- Mapping characters -- Developing the aspects of dramatic character -- Character articulation -- Further aspects of dramatic character -- Character at work -- ch. 3 Dialogue -- The workings of dialogue -- The workings of conversation -- Speech acts -- The stylistics of theatrical prose and verse -- Dialogue, speaking position and the choices of reading -- ch. 4 Plot and action -- Plot, action and situation -- Modelling action -- Story, plot and narration -- Character and scenes -- ch. 5 The actor's body -- Stage directions -- Limits and margins -- ch. 6 Spaces -- Space and A Doll's House -- A systematic approach to space -- Models and maps of theatrical space -- ch. 7 Culture and interpretation -- Writers -- Location -- Performers -- Audiences -- Interpretation.
