Compare And Contrast Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll
In the televised version of 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll' actors have executed both dialogue and stage directions.
Taken directly from Ray Lawler's writing of the play and interpreted effectively to build unique characterization and voice to completely capture the entire scope of conflict between characters. One of the most important jobs of a playwright is conveying emotions to an audience and relationships with the work of the actors.
Firstly, is an example of conflict, as catalyzed by Emma,
In the playscript, she is called to come onstage and out from the darkness by Barney "[Emma: a voice from the darkness]" (pg252) whereas in the televised version she is called to come from off-camera. Thusly, this has the same effect and is a successful …show more content…
Moreover, it's the actors themselves in the televised version who interpret the mood of the scene to then change their own inflections, tones and voice. Consequently, this is effective in capturing the conflict of the scene and building unique voices …show more content…
Furthermore, and at the end of Act two of Scene one (258-259), Barney desperately tries to thinly raise everyone's spirits. Everyone is agreeing with Barney until Pearl, who throughout the book acts as the voice of reason decides to point out the obvious- themselves. This is important because it's about how the characters want to think about themselves versus how they are in reality, a common theme throughout the entire play.
In the clip (16:00-17:44) the scene plays out almost the same in its stage direction and dialogue, most likely because of how important this scene is and it's, therefore, the perfect example of the actors of the television version being able to accurately follow the stage directions given by Ray
Taken directly from Ray Lawler's writing of the play and interpreted effectively to build unique characterization and voice to completely capture the entire scope of conflict between characters. One of the most important jobs of a playwright is conveying emotions to an audience and relationships with the work of the actors.
Firstly, is an example of conflict, as catalyzed by Emma,
In the playscript, she is called to come onstage and out from the darkness by Barney "[Emma: a voice from the darkness]" (pg252) whereas in the televised version she is called to come from off-camera. Thusly, this has the same effect and is a successful …show more content…
Moreover, it's the actors themselves in the televised version who interpret the mood of the scene to then change their own inflections, tones and voice. Consequently, this is effective in capturing the conflict of the scene and building unique voices …show more content…
Furthermore, and at the end of Act two of Scene one (258-259), Barney desperately tries to thinly raise everyone's spirits. Everyone is agreeing with Barney until Pearl, who throughout the book acts as the voice of reason decides to point out the obvious- themselves. This is important because it's about how the characters want to think about themselves versus how they are in reality, a common theme throughout the entire play.
In the clip (16:00-17:44) the scene plays out almost the same in its stage direction and dialogue, most likely because of how important this scene is and it's, therefore, the perfect example of the actors of the television version being able to accurately follow the stage directions given by Ray