Write an analysis/develop a framework of the live performance.

DRAMA
READING THEATER: Theories and Performance

Essay: This essay is worth 45% of my overall grade for the topic (READING THEATER: Theories and Performance)

This essay needs to use the Harvard referencing style. The essay must be in the appropriate academic format. Marks will be deducted from written work if references and quotations are not presented correctly. You can use as many references required to write a well written essay. The essay needs to be 2500 words.

1. Choose one of the following live performances: (I have provided web links so you can read about the show)

Please only choose one to analyse that you know you can write a 2500 word essay.

The Perfectionist, Bakehouse til Aug 8 (David Williamson) Would need to read the play against when it was written. http://www.bakehousetheatre.com/shows/perfectionist

Betrayal, Dunstan Playhouse til Aug 15 (Harold Pinter) http://www.statetheatrecompany.com.au/home/whatson/shows2015/betrayal/

Volpone, Dunstan Playhouse, Aug 21 – Sep 12 http://www.statetheatrecompany.com.au/home/whatson/shows2015/volpone/

The Book of Loco, Space Theatre, Aug 12 – Aug 22 https://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/shows/the-book-of-loco/

2. Write an analysis/develop a framework of the live performance using/focusing on one-three of the following theoretical concepts:
Semiology
Myth
Discourse
Framing
Reception Theory
Postmodernism
Power
Feminism
Language
Interculturalism
Narratology
Postdramatic

Note: You can draw on as many theories as you see fit, though it is expected you will foreground one or two as the main ‘filter’ for your analysis. Your essay is not a review; use the production or event to illustrate how one or more theories can be used to analyse it. Hence keep your descriptions of the event itself short.