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A Study of Laughing Points in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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SONG, JUNG EUN
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240494599
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Year and Degree
2009, Master of Arts, Miami University, Theatre.
Abstract
This paper intends to provide a comprehensive and practical dramaturgical method for producing a comedy. I believe that careful use of laughter is needed to encourage the audience’s engagement with a play. Directors and actors should be aware of why we need a laughing point, and what effect it has to develop the story and on the audience’s perception. Otherwise they can break up a whole comical rhythm, which can cause audience’s confusion or even misunderstanding of it. I choose A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare as a main text to conduct this study. I use two types of dramaturgical analysis; text-oriented and audience-oriented dramaturgical analysis to find the way to facilitate the communication between creators and the audience.
Committee
Howard A. Blanning, PhD (Committee Chair)
Julia M. Guichard, MFA (Committee Member)
Andrew Joseph Gibb, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
151 p.
Subject Headings
Theater
Keywords
A Midsummer Night&8217
;
s Dream, dramaturgical analysis, laughing point, audience
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SONG, J. E. (2009).
A Study of Laughing Points in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240494599
APA Style (7th edition)
SONG, JUNG EUN.
A Study of Laughing Points in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
2009. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240494599.
MLA Style (8th edition)
SONG, JUNG EUN. "A Study of Laughing Points in A Midsummer Night’s Dream." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240494599
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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